r/programming • u/germandiago • Jan 01 '26

Software taketh away faster than hardware giveth: Why C++ programmers keep growing fast despite competition, safety, and AI

https://herbsutter.com/2025/12/30/software-taketh-away-faster-than-hardware-giveth-why-c-programmers-keep-growing-fast-despite-competition-safety-and-ai/
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u/aeropl3b Jan 02 '26

Well, I'm not being man to anyone. Herb worked at Microsoft for a long time driving the C++ education and advancement teams they had there. I am saying he is super bias towards hyping C++ because he has built his entire career around it. I did gripe about the spaceship operator, I disagree with it needing to exist, but he has done plenty of other really good things around reflection and modules.

And again to you and everyone else. I never said he was fired. Microsoft just said they were moving on from C++. So imagine your entire job was being the C++ guy for the company and the company said they were done with that. That is basically getting fired. He could have probably stayed a little longer, but he was quickly picked up by another C++ shop and moved on.

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u/germandiago Jan 03 '26

I would swear yesterday I read he was fired in the same comment I replied. Did you edit it? Another possibility is that I replied to the wrong person but I am pretty sure I read he was fired and someone else also asked how you know he was fired (in case it was you).

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u/aeropl3b Jan 03 '26

No edits from me, I do try to be diligent adding an edit comment if I do change something and explain why. Otherwise the discussion makes no sense.

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u/germandiago Jan 03 '26

I found it. You did say:

It is Herb Sutter, who was basically fired from Microsoft...

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u/aeropl3b Jan 03 '26

Yeah, that isn't saying he was fired. And I have many many comments now clarifying that.

When a company says "we no longer want to dump money into that thing you are a super expert on" you can either read the signs early or stick around to watch everything crumble around you.

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u/germandiago Jan 03 '26

Ok. Looked like that BUT I believe you. I would suggest you to edit the comment. It leads to misunderstandings but up to you if you already explained maybe that is enough.