I switched from C++ to Java/Python 20 years ago. I never really fit in, I just dont understand when people talk about the complicated frameworks to avoid multithreading/mutexes etc when basic C++ multi threading is much simpler than rxjava or async/await or whatever is flavor of the month.

But C++ projects are usually really boring. I want to go back but glad I left. Has anyone found a place where C++ style programming is in fashion but isn't quite C++? I hope that makes sense.