What Next

[joshky]

So I've been learning c++ for about a year now, and have been through several books. I'm comfortable with OOP, installing and using libraries, and using visual studio to design forms, and have been working with the windows API. So I'm just wondering what's next? Should I go the the DirectX SDK, or should I spend some time looking at all the different libraries out there? What tools do you professionals out there use that I might want to learn before I try to go get a job? Any ideas are appreciated.

[Bazzy]

I'd suggest you the boost libraries. They are much more useful than DirectX.
They don't do graphics though