Whatever happened to learning something to broaden your view? I doubt I'll get a job in Clojure anytime soon - but learning it has been the biggest eye opener to me as a programmer in the last 5 years.

> The answer to all these questions seems to be "no".

In conclusion you shouldn't be learning it and good luck to the company trying to hire people for Rust positions?

You're saying you should only learn what the industry is pushing towards. The thing is that the industry is pushing towards what sort of talent they can acquire - this is a vicious cycle.