What type of projects are currently in demand for c++ developers?

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C++ / C#

Hello.
I have been earning for several years writing the server side for web applications: php and a little ruby.
I really want to switch to something lower level. Ideally system programming. I studied the market, what is now fashionable and in demand in this area.
I really liked Rust, good ideas are embedded in the language. And I would have settled on him if it weren't for his age. The language is still in beta. As a result, there are no jobs. And it won't be for a long time. At first, there was an idea to take on him, so that at the time of his entry into the mass market, he would be a good specialist. But on reflection, I came to the conclusion that it will not be very soon. I do not want to make such far-reaching investments, it is not known yet, maybe the language will not work.
Of the popular ones, there are more pluses. And there is a lot of educational material and the ecosystem is well-established and the work will be for many more years. But poking around on the forums, I got the impression that now in the crosses in the majority there is only support for old (very) projects. And they almost never write new ones.
It seemed to me stupid, because there are practically no alternatives to him in his niche now. So new projects should be. Useful for all sorts of headhunters, etc. and utterly confused. In most vacancies, there is some rubbish: the vacancies themselves have nothing to do with the pluses, the language is mentioned in the add. requirements. And there are very few normal vacancies.
Since I now specialize in a completely different area, I have a very vague idea about the state of the labor market for compiled languages. Who spins in this area, tell me the answers to a few questions:
1. What compiled, low-level languages ​​are currently used and in demand on the market?
2. What tasks will be solved on the pluses now? I mean, the most common tasks for which there are vacancies.
I apologize in advance for the rambling presentation. Thoughts are somewhat confused.

Answer 1

On the pros of the game they write. Now, of course, the dominance of Unity, but nevertheless, you can find C ++ GameDev vacancies