Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by 72deluxe » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:42 PM UTC

I too wonder this. I write C++ for my dayjob and use wxWidgets under Windows and OSX but have used Qt a long time ago, as well as VCL and MFC. I would prefer to avoid MFC and VCL nowadays!

I can also write Java (done that for Android), various bits of SQL (used PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL and Informix), C# where necessary and PHP/JavaScript/HTML but would prefer sticking to C++ nowadays instead of front-end web stuff.

Swift/Obj-C is coming along slowly for me.

I am in the UK and would welcome any interest / work.

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by wyldfire » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:42 PM UTC

ivoras wrote: post #3

Yes, I get occasional such C++ / C jobs on Toptal ( http://www.toptal.com/#hire-astute-engineers ) - yes, it's a referral link, sosumi ;) The job and the community are nice enough that I don't mind evangelizing.

Can you talk more about this? What kind of jobs do you get (pay, duration, deadlines, etc)?

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by meshko » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:43 PM UTC

CBABIES wrote: post #4

For C++, you'll need to know Qt. It's probably easier to find an Objective-C job than a C job.

because all C++ projects use Qt?? what?

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by percept » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:43 PM UTC

joelhooks wrote: post #6

I wonder if Golang might be an option for you? It's seen huge surge in use, and is more "modern" so might be more likely to be used by company that understands benefits of remote.

This might be a good way to Go--many job posts are (understandably) oriented toward systems development and prefer C/C++ experience.

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by wyldfire » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:44 PM UTC

CBABIES wrote: post #4

For C++, you'll need to know Qt. It's probably easier to find an Objective-C job than a C job.

Qt? Because there are a lot of companies hiring specifically remote for Qt? It's not my impression that in general, the majority of jobs using C++ expect/leverage Qt.

There's tons of embedded work using C/C++, but indeed remote work is harder to find there.

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by gamesbrainiac » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:45 PM UTC

You can find plenty of them over at careers.stackoverflow.com. I'm not saying this to evangelize them, but see this link:

http://careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs?searchTerm=c%2B%2B&job...

There are plenty of them available and most pay on an international level. Not the kind of rubbish pay that freelancing sites offer. Since you have some experience with Python and Node, you'll see that you're good for a lot of jobs over there.

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by gamesbrainiac » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:48 PM UTC

ivoras wrote: post #3

Yes, I get occasional such C++ / C jobs on Toptal ( http://www.toptal.com/#hire-astute-engineers ) - yes, it's a referral link, sosumi ;) The job and the community are nice enough that I don't mind evangelizing.

Saying that is the same as saying that there are C++ opportunities on freelance and odesk. I doubt the OP is looking for a reference to a freelance site.

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by 72deluxe » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 2:49 PM UTC

FigBug wrote: post #10

Do you know anything about audio dsp? I've found jobs in the pro audio industry are pretty easy to do remotely. I do a mix of VST/AU plugins, small audio apps and control surfaces. I get most of my jobs through my network of contacts, but there are a few jobs that get posted here as well: http://www.juce.com/forums/juce-jobs

Where do you get started learning about DSP? Any recommended reading?

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by inlineint » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 3:01 PM UTC

joelhooks wrote: post #6

I wonder if Golang might be an option for you? It's seen huge surge in use, and is more "modern" so might be more likely to be used by company that understands benefits of remote.

Yes, I've thought about it. I doubt do they hire me if I read "The Go programming language book" and say that I have C/C++ experience? Or it is necessary to spend a lot of time learning Go and contributing to open source projects just to get hired anywhere? Do Go jobs nowtimes actually require just general programming experience assuming that Go could be learned in first days of working?

Re: Ask HN: Is it possible to find remote job on C/C++?

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Post by kspaans » Wed, Nov 25, 2015, 3:02 PM UTC

72deluxe wrote: post #18

FigBug wrote: post #10

Do you know anything about audio dsp? I've found jobs in the pro audio industry are pretty easy to do remotely. I do a mix of VST/AU plugins, small audio apps and control surfaces. I get most of my jobs through my network of contacts, but there are a few jobs that get posted here as well: http://www.juce.com/forums/juce-jobs

Where do you get started learning about DSP? Any recommended reading?

XIPH has a great video series about it. http://xiph.org/video/

(well that's video, but close enough)