I've never worked on C++(as in on commercial project or in a C++ team) however I've always mentioned it on my resume as C/C++, because I've worked on C(Kernel wrt Android and a little bit more) but for C++ I've only built one academic project(very minor) during UG and also took (2nd yr) DS in C++. I just do not want to miss a good job offer which requires C++. Because in the interview all (mostly) they are concerned about are DS/Algo etc.
So, here I intend to mean "I know C" and can work with "C++" too.
No offense is meant, but I think you're doing yourself and potential employers a disservice by listing C++ on your resume when, based on your description, you have essentially no real-world experience with it.
There is much, much more to writing solid, production-grade C++ code than could ever be learned during a minor academic project and a single undergraduate data structures course. This is especially true with the many changes brought on recent by C++11, as well as developments within the Boost camp.
It's one thing to leave C++ unlisted on your resume, and to then bring it up during an interview. But it seems, at least to me, wrong to list it without actually having the experience (be it open source projects or past commercial work) to back up the claim.
You are right or you maybe right. When I joined my first job and started writing code from Day3(after initial HR/management hoopla doopla) I didn't have any commercial experience at all and I was up and going within 15 days. Must say it was a good team and now as I've experience and have some(or a little more than some) idea how things work, I believe I can pull it off.
Besides in the interviews I clearly mention the fact. It's not as if I've pasted some fictitious project/work. It's just there in C/C++. Along with Java and Python. That's it. And as I've already mentioned even when I mention C++ they test me for C only a little bit Java.
Back here, other than in startups and a few companies you are just tested for DS/Algo etc and not at all especially for a platform/technology. With the belief that the candidate will pick a language putting some effort which I believe, thought it may not be very fruitful for for a critical project where immediate expertise is required. In my last switch I was interviewed in C and worked on Java after that.
>>you have essentially no real-world experience
What do you called a real world experience? something that brought in rupees? Or sth that was used my thousands of people if not millions? Well, if that's your criteria then no I do not have real wold C++ experience.
But if you meant by sth that actually existed in real world and sth that I built from scratch and sth that was used by people - even a few, then I used my C++ text editor for over 6 months and some of my friends used it too, for some time :-)
I've never worked on C++(as in on commercial project or in a C++ team) however I've always mentioned it on my resume as C/C++, because I've worked on C(Kernel wrt Android and a little bit more) but for C++ I've only built one academic project(very minor) during UG and also took (2nd yr) DS in C++. I just do not want to miss a good job offer which requires C++. Because in the interview all (mostly) they are concerned about are DS/Algo etc.
So, here I intend to mean "I know C" and can work with "C++" too.