programming.

I enjoy programming. I actually want to make a career out of it. I'm 25 years old and out of college[cs degree], I have had a couple of temp projects and done some websites / etc - but didn't have a steady job in programming. Now I'm a purchasing a purchasing agent and I feel like my lifelong love of computers is slipping away from me. I go home everyday and I'm drained of energy dealing with stupid bullshit from my suppliers who usually lie/lose my faxes etc (frustrating). Anyways, where I'm going with this is, are there any entry level jobs out there these days. Or even free and interesting work (ie projects - telecommuting) I can do for charities. Thanks in advance for your advice.

- A fellow 4chan lurker

No, it's not, and there's a simple reason why: C is strict subset of C++ (although not entirely anymore due to C99). So, by definition, anything you can do in C you can do exactly the same in C++. Not everything you can do in C++ can easily be done in C.

Having said that, I agree that iostream is a mess. If there's one part of C++ I detest it's that. But C++ isn't just iostream, you can use printf() & co just as well.