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Thank you, I'll keep this in mind when I'm actively applying for positions regardless of the path I take.
Hey, thanks for sharing your background. It does sound like we're in a similar situation and although you're still looking for an opportunity to switch over to C++ development, it is still motivating to hear someone else is striving for a similar goal. The projects you've worked on in C++ sound interesting and I think if you were capable of creating them when you were younger and had less professional programming experience under your belt, there isn't any reason you can't create some amazing projects now if you set your mind to it. I would assume employers would want recent C++ examples/projects, but if you can retrieve some of your old work, it wouldn't hurt to add them on GitHub for someone to look over. Hopefully we can both get some good advice on this thread. :)

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Hello everyone,I've been in the tech industry for 10 years now, working in a consultative role for a tech Fortune 100. I've always had an interest in programming and growing up I occasionally created scripts for gaming projects using the Allegro Library in C. While I've so far have had a successful career, I've found myself intellectually unchallenged in my job and unwilling to keep trying to...

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