I used to be an excellent C++ programmer 11 years ago. Through several company buy outs I had to go into sales, training on software and be an account manager for several hospitals on our system. I am very analytical and want to get back in the field. My brain gets board doing anything else. What do I need to do to get back there? I haven’t really worked for 2 yrs due to the death of my 23 yr old daughter and having had to do the other positions what do I do? I’m also waiting to look for a job since I’m moving from the mid-west to CA. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Programmers only?
If you are looking for a career change and you have the financial resources, how about returning to school for an MBA in Professional Accounting? I hear Auditing is in great demand right now, with all the corporate scandals going on and Sarbanes-Oxley legislation. I hear they have 14-month programs, at the end of which you are eligible to sit for the CPA exam.
Reply:Well a lot of companies still looking for good C++ programmers, mostly in Windows - Microsoft VC++ or C#
You may want to consider learning other languages too such as Java, VB.NET, J#, Python...
Reply:Yeah... re-educate, do some sort of bridge or higher learning thing, then future employers will see that you have a wealth of knowledge rather than sound washed up.
Reply:Retrain in C#.net...
Very similar to old C++ design, but more modern and 'the way of the future' (for want of a better analogy)...
Purchase a good basic C#.net 2.0 book from Amazon, start at the most basic... You'll catch up in no time... Just work on a little bit each day.
After you've caught up, take a few small contract jobs over the net to build up a small portfolio of projects and then apply for full time positions.
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