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Does Rust have a reach outside the C/C++ section of the market? Or is it only popular in its own bubble, where developers are now excited to see many of their once painful problems now fixed?

I'm on close to day 90 now. The most noticeable symptom is the cough, which has been getting better but refuses to go away. And after two weeks of total anosmia, six weeks later my smell is maybe 80% back, but there are many things I still cannot smell.

As someone with no history of coughing or any illness, it's getting very exhausting. Hopefully the day with no symptoms will come soon, and I am looking forward to donating plasma, in the hope that someone will benefit from it and avoid or reduce their suffering.

I joined a fintech in London (as a contractor) and the first couple of hours were roughly:

1. A couple of intro meetings with other new contractors or joiners. We were shown around the office and what not. We were told whom to contact in what situation.

2. I logged into my machine, where everything was already installed and set up. I git pull'ed the code and hit F5 (Run in Visual Studio) and the application started and it just worked, no scripts needed to run, nothing to config. To be fair their products were pretty simple, however they took great care in making sure that you were able to run the code with minimal to no subtle prerequisites. There was a README file there, but I don't think I used it too much because everything was intuitive.

Shortly after I joined a company with exactly the opposite environment. It took me at least two weeks to set up my machine so I could run most of their applications. By the time I left (over one year later) I was still not able to run at least two of their major products. I had given up many months earlier.

I get your guilt. I think it's normal to worry about how the company will fare without you, and how your relationships with your soon to be ex-colleagues will be affected and what not. However at the end of the day you do what's best for you and your family, mentally, financially, you name it. And you must always remember that throughout this process, regardless of what's going to happen.

There is absolutely no guarantee some people won't be upset and won't take it personally and there is no guarantee the company will have a smooth ride without you, but what you can do is give them plenty of notice, say 2-3 months. During this time you can work with them to make the transition as smooth as possible, including training and/or hiring a successor. Whether those months will be good or a total hell, only you can guess - and you may still be wrong.