Re:Hard Startups
by jwatte on Thursday February 27, 2020 @12:29PM
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Facebook and Google hire tons of C++ programmers. Despite what you may think, the back-end of the internet runs on C++.
Also: If you've done VR development, you have marketable skills. Unreal Engine is C++, and learning the specifics of the engine isn't particularly hard. If you're willing to work under the low salaries and often poor management found in the gaming industry, that shouldn't be too much of a barrier.
There's also gaming-adjacent companies, like Epic, Unity, Roblox, Twitch, and so on.
Also: If you've done VR development, you have marketable skills. Unreal Engine is C++, and learning the specifics of the engine isn't particularly hard. If you're willing to work under the low salaries and often poor management found in the gaming industry, that shouldn't be too much of a barrier.
There's also gaming-adjacent companies, like Epic, Unity, Roblox, Twitch, and so on.