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Where to head with C++ programming?
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>pliz clarify this:is C++ dying or what coz this is the lang. am specialising in.
No, C++ is not dying and anyone who says it is is very confused.
No, C++ is not dying and anyone who says it is is very confused.
I'm here to prove you wrong.
I totally agree with your comments about this site.
If you are looking at money you need to specialize in something and make yourself "required". It is quite difficult to walk out of 2 years experience and fetch 50K-60K. I taught myself vc6++, and ATL for writing webserver components, they are by far my prefered method of programming, partly because I am the only one in the company who understands what I am doing, and they are efficient I have done some webservices and mini sites with .NET, and think that basically anyone can do this. when looking at c++ jobs they don't seem that well paid, but if you get "financial" experience behind you, it doubles your high paid opportunities. you have to remember that it is the experience of programming methods and skills which makes the difference a new language is just different syntax.
perhaps you should look into DBA, they are a lot more specialized and where a company may have 20 developers perhaps only 2 DBA's, making them a little more valuable, and if one leaves you are the only one left. Of course you will drop most of your developing tasks, which is a shame if you enjoy it.
Good Luck - And make sure you pick a job you enjoy over a couple extra thousand pounds, else you will become like the littlest hobo and never stay long enough in the same company to make a career out of it.
If you are looking at money you need to specialize in something and make yourself "required". It is quite difficult to walk out of 2 years experience and fetch 50K-60K. I taught myself vc6++, and ATL for writing webserver components, they are by far my prefered method of programming, partly because I am the only one in the company who understands what I am doing, and they are efficient I have done some webservices and mini sites with .NET, and think that basically anyone can do this. when looking at c++ jobs they don't seem that well paid, but if you get "financial" experience behind you, it doubles your high paid opportunities. you have to remember that it is the experience of programming methods and skills which makes the difference a new language is just different syntax.
perhaps you should look into DBA, they are a lot more specialized and where a company may have 20 developers perhaps only 2 DBA's, making them a little more valuable, and if one leaves you are the only one left. Of course you will drop most of your developing tasks, which is a shame if you enjoy it.
Good Luck - And make sure you pick a job you enjoy over a couple extra thousand pounds, else you will become like the littlest hobo and never stay long enough in the same company to make a career out of it.
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Originally Posted by Narue
>pliz clarify this:is C++ dying or what coz this is the lang. am specialising in.
No, C++ is not dying and anyone who says it is is very confused.
and also get a book on ATL and write some nifty little com dll's, then you can encapsulate all of the business logic in a tiny little binary, and the trainee VB, and Web Developers who don't understand databases can knock out their apps in no time at all.
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