Hey all, I have been reading a few threads on the forum and they have gotten me thinking that I do not actually know what area in programming I want to be in. What re the different areas within programming/software development. I mean like games development, ai development, web development, etc. I just wanted to know what other area there are.
This Summer I'm working on software development in the semiconductor industry, mostly for backend testing (to make sure the product performs as it should). I didn't know that there was a need for this before I got this position. The stuff I'm working with is almost entirely C++, with some Perl for parsing and text manipulation.
I have done game programming and web development. I can't recommend any other areas because I've not gotten into them as I have no interest in any field outside of game programming. Only learned web dev so I could do indie games and make pages for them without paying someone else.