Ask HN: How important is moving early to your programming specialty of choice?

Hello all,

I am a current Java engineer with 1.5 YOE. (Age 26)

I want to move into low level programming (C/C++/Rust) and so I started a job hunt this July.

The market is rough, I have an offer for way more pay, but it’s again a Java backend role.

How important is it to move into the area I want (low level programming) early? If I take another job doing Java and stay for a while, will I be stuck as a Java engineer?

I should mention, my current job pays okay (not great) but I moved to a new team that seems really relaxed, so I could continue interviewing and wait for the exact area I want without must trouble.

The problem is I am not sure how much results interviewing will bring since the job market looks terrible.