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Careers

Working as a C++ developer, from interviews and salaries to books and conferences, for people getting into C++ and people deciding where to take it next.

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C++ work is spread across industries that ask different things of it: games, embedded and automotive, browsers and databases, simulation and scientific computing. This section covers getting hired and moving on: interviews, pay and levels, what to learn and in what order, and where the community meets.

In this section

  • Interview questions and coding rounds
  • Industries that hire
  • Salaries and levels
  • Learning paths from another language
  • Books
  • Courses and certifications
  • Conferences and talks
  • Open-source contribution
  • Code review and legacy code
  • Moving between C++ and Rust

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  1. C++ vs C: what differs, what breaks, which to choose

    C++ vs C in compiled code: the valid C that four compilers reject as C++, how C23 moved toward C++, how extern “C” joins the two, and when to pick C.

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