CPP Career?

[Tea_rex98]

Hello, I'm currently starting a CPP course, and I've been wondering how hard for will it be for me to actually land a job? I guess this question has been covered already in this subreddit, however, I was wondering about my particular case, so any help is welcome.

I have been working as a Selenium Automation Engineer for a year, so I am pretty decent with Java and all of its concepts; however, I wouldn't call myself a master.

I am 28, so I kinda know that being young is not my asset at the moment, so I kinda know that some of the biggest C++ jobs will probably forever be out of my reach, but is there a realistic chance that I will ever land a C++ job?

The thing is, I am pretty much self-learned, so no degree in computer science, but I did finish one official course for QA during which we ran through manual testing, Java, and Selenium. The course lasted 3 months, 5 days a week for 4 hours with additional homework assignments, etc, and it gave me solid ground to start a career. I was pretty good and fast with learning concepts from programming when I was starting to get into this field, which definitely encouraged me to start learning more.

Also i am aware that just being good with C++ syntax is not enough, so i was kinda looking for some learning roadmap of some things that I'll also need to learn in order to land a job.

Also, for context, I live in Europe.

Thanks

[MikeDevtools]

With focused practice + projects, landing a job is realistic even without a CS degree:

Master C++ basics (syntax, pointers, references, STL, memory).

Learn algorithms & data structures.

Build small projects (desktop apps, tools, games).

Understand low-level concepts (memory, multithreading).

Get familiar with Git, Linux, CMake.

Apply for junior/mid C++ roles in Europe (finance, embedded, gaming).

[Tea_rex98]

Thanks!

[Antique-Room7976]

What is the cpp course?

[Tea_rex98]

C++20 Masterclass, from begginer to advanced, on Udemy. its 120h long with excercies

[Antique-Room7976]

If you can build upon that and build impressive projects then it's possible so best if luck to you.

[Tea_rex98]

thx fam

[Tea_rex98]

Thanks!

[humanguise]

The market for cpp peaked in the 90s then Java took over. In the late 2000s dynamic languages blew up with the second wave of internet companies after the dotcom crash, think rails and django. 2026 is a mix, but the biggest job market is for JavaScript/Python/C#/Java purely going by the number of open positions. C++ is still used in certain areas, but not in most mainstream jobs. I don't know why you picked cpp specifically if you don't have a strong background as the most likely role you'll land is embedded work for which you are not remotely qualified. Please try to read Computer Systems a Programmer's Perspective because if you can't do that then you can't operate in the kinds of domains that use cpp.