Yes, to learn enough system programming to be able to contribute in large scale production project, Rust is massively easier than other options.
An intermediate programmer coming from other high level language can confidently contribute to a big project after ~2-3 months of learning Rust, that number is almost unimaginable for C/C++.
An intermediate programmer coming from other high level language can confidently contribute to a big project after ~2-3 months of learning Rust, that number is almost unimaginable for C/C++.