I would like to change my job

[Hassan Bobo]

Hello everybody,

I am a C/C++ programmer since about 10 years and during all this time,
I was away from the new needs of companies.
I was completely satisfied of my work and thought that my growing
skills would be needed in any company I would go to.

But now that I want to change I to a more well-paid job, I find it
difficult because in my country there are not many companies where my
C/C++ skills are needed.

And recently I have discovered Pro/C and I think it's a good starting
point for my changing of job, because oracle is a widely used system.
(Pro/C is the language that allows you to execute SQL statements from
a C langue program.)

But at same time I thought that there might be other better options
for me than to learn Pro/C and develop using it.
So I would like you to tell me if there are any options I can look at
while capitalizing on my C/C++ programming skills.
I really hate the idea of having to restart from scratch in a new
field.

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[Ron AF Greve]

Hi,

I don't think learning Pro*C means you have to start from scratch since it
are just some sort of macros that are changed into (some ugly) C code by the
pro*c compiler. Note that you might want to look into OCI (Oracle Call
Interface). This is more like a library you link against. A C++ wrapper
around it and you have your own C++ database class (if you don't use some
special functions you can make the same thing for MySQL and easily change
your app to work with either one)..

Learning oracle is a good addition to your C++ knowledge in my opinion since
nowadays most applications seem to use databases in some kind of way. The
nice thiing is that the oracle manuals are available for free online and you
can even install the oracle express edition.

Just my two euro cents.

Regards, Ron AF Greve

http://www.InformationSuperHighway.eu

 

[Hassan Bobo]

Hello everybody,
[..]
So I would like you to tell me if there are any options I can look at
while capitalizing on my C/C++ programming skills.
I really hate the idea of having to restart from scratch in a new
field.

Discussions on how to get a new job are actually off-topic here, they
are not relevant to the language itself.  Please consider posting to the
'misc.jobs.*' hierarchy.

V

Sorry, I didn't make attention to the fact that my email was off-
topic.
And thank you for you hint.

 

[Hassan Bobo]

Hello everybody,
[..]
So I would like you to tell me if there are any options I can look at
while capitalizing on my C/C++ programming skills.
I really hate the idea of having to restart from scratch in a new
field.

Discussions on how to get a new job are actually off-topic here, they
are not relevant to the language itself.  Please consider posting to the
'misc.jobs.*' hierarchy.

V

Sorry, I didn't make attention to the fact that my email was off-
topic.
And thank you for you hint.