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by charlesdm 5778 days ago
Sure -- there's plenty of stuff you can do. I'm a developer similar to you, the majority of my work is in C++ and C oriented languages.

Some things to consider

- Mobile apps and games (Iphone, Android, etc) -- Anything that doesnt require UI can be wrapped in C++; OpenGL Es Games can be done with minimal Obj-C usage (< 100lines).

- Databases

- Games and game streaming

- Building some sort of api for anything that requires high performance or computation such as image recognition, sound recognition etc

- Bridging certain things that are very low level and connecting them to a web interface (Might not be for you). For example: Connecting a home automation system with a web interface or mobile app.

- Anything so technical that it requires a huge amount of domain expertise to build properly.

Alternatively, something else you could do is teaming up with a front end web developer. It's something I'm doing now and we make a great team. He does everything front end, builds the html/css pages and I basically make them work with PHP and do anything that requires 'technical' expertise.