I use C++ everyday and I would describe my usage as mostly "C with templates and destructors." I also tend to avoid OOP paradigms if possible.

All the modern C++11 and above features are great if you're using standard lib and algorithms. But I really don't want to implement copy/move semantics, iterators etc for my own classes. Modern C++ feels more python-esque with a lot of syntax sugar (which is great for expressiveness).