alt Hacker NewsYou can always restrict yourself to a subset of C++ that takes advantage of RAII (resource handling is extremely painful in C), and get performance benefits like move semantics, without the insanely complex stuff.
I love C, but C++ has worthwhile advantages even if you heavily restrict which features you use.
I do this and my C++ is really like python to code in. But, if you work in a team, there will always be a bunch of people who come in and start using all sorts of exotic shit for their resume or hobby interest.