gamedev

Yeah I know.

Reason I'm using It is for job seeking purposes by appearing useful by my corporate overlords unfortunately.

Also, c++ sucks for gamedev

I will never pass up an opportunity to shit on C++, but gamedev is probably one of the things it is most well suited for. Definitely not for high level jobs like the actual game logic, but a game consists of a whole stack of technologies, from the OS, to the game engine, to game logic, to asset pipelines. Then there are challenges like porting to various platforms, or integrating native libraries (say, you need to use sqlite for save files and the engine doesn't include anything like that). Once a project reaches a certain level of complexity, there are almost certainly things you are going to want to dive into the engine to fix (or rip out), and that almost universally means C++. Spend as little time as possible doing it, but don't be afraid to use it where you need it.