These industrial projects tend to have a massive amount of inertia (which is probably a good thing overall, you don't want people to migrate your plane autopilot to React.js because it's fashionable) so it doesn't surprise me that experienced devs who only deal with these codebases and don't lurk on HN aren't exposed to Rust.
If your used to web technology standards Rust being stable since 2015 makes it a mature tool. Almost outdated really. On the other hand if at your work C99 is still new and shiny Rust is basically brand new tech which might be worth looking into in a few years. People who work on long term, critical projects want boring, reliable tools.
If your used to web technology standards Rust being stable since 2015 makes it a mature tool. Almost outdated really. On the other hand if at your work C99 is still new and shiny Rust is basically brand new tech which might be worth looking into in a few years. People who work on long term, critical projects want boring, reliable tools.