People's reaction to rust is always interesting to watch.<p>If they say something like "I can code just fine, I don't need rust holding my hand", I start wondering if they just don't get or don't like the whole concept of modern programming.<p>If someone hates rust like that, they probably think of programming as a personal challenge or achievement, where success happens through skill.<p>If someone loves rust, I would think they're more likely to value repeatable, scalable processes, where success comes from following a process that has robustness built in.<p>And of course, if they hate the idea of programming skill being made into a repeatable process... maybe they also hate software in general, since they probably prefer low tech, hands on stuff without a computer in between them and the results.<p>I imagine any competent coder can do rust just fine, but their enthusiasm and level of effort will be revealing. All else being equal I feel like I wouldn't enjoy working with someone who hates rust.<p>But I am very much not a manager, and could be all wrong in my armchair psychology. I know there are other less philosophical criticisms of rust like the small standard library and ensuing crate reliance, so some might not be on the rust train for much more pragmatic reasons that don't say as much about them as a programmer.