Studying for an IT programmer. Confused where to go?

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Refic2014-10-22 21:20:47

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Refic, 2014-10-22 21:20:47

Good evening everyone.
Please help, I'm completely confused.
Here's the thing: I live in Finland and study there at the university as a programmer. Now I am in my 3rd year of study and I plan to graduate either in May 2015 or by December 2015. The fact is that I still have not been able to decide in which direction to move. Univer gave a base on Assembly/C/C++/Java/HTML/PHP/JS/SQL/Android/Windows Phone programming. There were also other subjects on databases and algorithms. Moreover, I have already passed CCNA1-4...Now I am going through CCNP. Also courses on Security and exploits ....
I.e. By graduation, I am a programmer + networker.
Yes, okay, I know the base of it. But what's next? Where to develop. Everywhere you look, they ask for huge work experience, etc.
At the moment I'm working as an administrator at the university, but I'm not going to do this in my life ... Help, please. I just don't know how to cultivate myself in my free time. Reading books, yes. But without practice, what's the point?
Yes, and, of course, I study "excellently" .... But what's the point? Well, I graduated from high school with a gold medal, so what?? Help me please. No instructor :(

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Denis Ineshin, 2014-10-22
@IonDen

You don't think about the technologies you've learned. Think about what you like, what is the most interesting to delve into? In mobile app development? Games? Desktop apps? Sites? Algorithms? Where can you stay awake at night and do things with interest?

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VyusFire, 2014-10-22
@VyusFire

Get ready guy - the mentor himself will not come.
I want to please you that this question is asked by many students (and I literally a year ago) in the last year. And this is a good sign that you are already going in the right direction. I don’t know about you, but in my case I had a very vague, but still no idea, and started from it and my preferences. Over time, the question "where to move" somehow disappeared by itself - the brain itself found the right solution. But don’t get lost either: decide what you like, where there will be scope for creativity, where you feel better, more confident. Use Google, collect and analyze information and basically everything.

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Cyril, 2014-10-22
@endemic

And what do you want yourself? What do you like about programming and life?
I understood from the comments that you like android and C ++. Try to write a game like PacMan using Qt for android.
It is also desirable to read about TDD and design patterns, if this was not at the institute

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Puma Thailand, 2014-10-23
@opium

Choose what you like and develop.

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Nodar, 2014-10-23
@Nodar

Auto + IT is a very cool topic now, if there are none in Finland, look at internships in other countries. In the meantime, write more in C ++, if there is at least some interest, then you can use Android, as already said, most likely this OS will be in the Auto of the future. By the way, it is already being introduced, I myself saw it in the Volkswagen Passat)