Can I make a good career with VC++?

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I am working in a product based company for a windows based application from 2 years .I know its very old technlogy and I want to know whether it is good to continue in the same technology or should I switch to another technology which have more future

Posted 19-Feb-15 1:30am

krish0969

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CHill60 19-Feb-15 7:35am

Only you can decide that. Where I am there is currently a demand for C++ programmers. Elsewhere there may be no jobs on offer at all. The same applies to most technologies. Learning new skills however, is almost compulsory - do it anyway and keep an eye on the job market

KarstenK 19-Feb-15 7:39am

In your career you will permantly have to learn and switch technologies. VC++ is a fine basic language and C++ will stay around.

But it all depends on what job offers have and what your long term goals are.

krish0969 19-Feb-15 7:55am

Hi All,Thanks for your response.I am in a confusion whether should I enhance my skills in vc++ or should I switch to another technology like Java which have more career in terms of jobs and the package.As I said in my post I thought its a old technology and thinking like it will not have more opportunities in c++ for the windows based applications .Are there many opportunities outside for vc++..?

KarstenK 19-Feb-15 12:49pm

C++ is also heavily used in electronic devices ie embedded systems, but it goes in the Linux-world. And also in the Apple is objective-C which is somehow C++ with Apple extension.

But you must take opportunities and chances. If you get a great offer than switch to another languages. After some weeks of learning it becomes routine.

Stefan_Lang 20-Feb-15 4:31am

C/C++ may be old in terms of their origins, but the C/C++ standards committee continuously expands the language. The current standard, C++14, is a modern language that is very well suited for an incredibly broad range of tasks and applications. Depending on the task you wish to accomplish, C++ is often among the best of choices!

That said, C++ does have it's drawbacks in certain areas such as web programming. Therefore other programming languages (please don't say technology - a programming language is a language, not a technology!) are better in those areas. As SA stated in his solution, you would be well advised to gather experience in various areas. That will benefit your expertise, even if in the long term you intend to stick with C++.

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-19T10:50:00

It really, really depends on two things: where do you leave, in what environment, with what opportunities, and what leaves in your head. In other words, you should know better what to do.

I can imagine that you don't know exactly. That would be pretty usual thing. Then get ready to try out many different things (but try seriously), fail and start again. "Seriously" is the key. You should not be afraid not of learning the language, choosing right or wrong one. You should be afraid of becoming a Tiger from Winnie-the-Pooh. This generally wonderful guy thought he liked all kinds of food "except"… something, and threw out everything he tried shortly, until Kenga found him some fish oil. Remember, in real life you may never meet such Kenga who can introduce you to your fish oil.

Now, one more important thing: this days, knowing only one language, or only one platform, or only one something, is almost equivalent to knowing nothing at all. In addition to the languages, you need to learn technology, both coupled with this language and not. Effectively, setting aside just the minority of some lucky people, if you don't know several languages and technologies pretty well, you are good for nothing. Moreover, in my strong opinion, knowing just one language nearly always means knowings even this language very poorly. Things can be properly seen only at some distance. You should develop the skill of looking at your language as a part of bigger picture, only then you can say you know that one. And you cannot develop understanding of this bigger picture, unless you know few more languages and technologies. And, importantly, theory: some mathematics, computer science, and not at the level of passing some stupid school tests, but at the level with the skills of being productive in working with these theories, being able to cast them into working machinery, with real qualities.

—SA