What next?

[Eviltwin]

Hi, I am an advancing beginner who just have finished "C++ A Beginner’s Guide by Herbert Schildt" and wonders where to go next. Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should read and/or learn next? // Thank you

[jeffbmartinez]

What are you interested in learning? Choose a project you're interested in and begin working on it. Don't worry about how difficult it seems now, be ambitious. Once you have a project in mind you'll have a much better idea of what things *you* want to learn more about.

Something I've learned about programming is that much like math, the subject itself isn't very useful unless you're applying it to another field. The exception is research of course, but even that's useless without an ultimate application. Math and Programming are both meant as tools to model a problem in some other field, be that finance, music, architecture, video games, or whatever.

Find a problem you're interested in solving and go for it.

[Bazzy]

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should read and/or learn next?

I will always recommend The C++ Programming Language by Stroustrup.

[RedXV]

A great one I'm working through right now is Effective C++, by Scott Meyers. It has 55 concrete pieces of advice. Broken down like it is, you can learn one and go through your code improving it. I heavily recommend it.

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Specific-Addison-Wesley-Professional-Computing/dp/0201924889

[kfex]

Don't tell me you baught the book.
We are a different generation of programmers and buying things isn't right.
Especially at those prices!

I recommand you get Utorrent Program and download eBooks.
Download Torrents from Mininova.
Plus it's free and legal. "I think".

Or the other option, borrow books from the library.

[Eviltwin]

Thanks everyone, you have helped me a lot :)