Is this a trap?

This is definitely not scam.

My scam appears to be working

https://think-cell.com/en/career/...

raise to 120k after one year... dafuq O_o

It's a stupidly hard job to get though, and sounds like they're really nailing their niche.... Which is overriding Excel to make it work prettier

@RichardoC
Not really my favorite task actually...

Sometime early last year, @simulate, I was looking into companies that employ C++ as a primary language in their development, and the guys of Thinkcell seemed totally hyped by what the language could do (since the advent of C++11, with all the new safety features like smart pointers implemented, C++ to many, seems like a totally new, brilliant language). You could check out ThinkCell's website though, if you haven't yet

@rustyRaptor
I am glad I have a job now and will have to do my degree afterwards anyways, so I probably wont look into it for now, or else my life is just getting more messy.
Although I totally share their view of C++. I am not a programmer for long and I have not tried many other languages, but I am also amazed by C++, more than by what I saw from other languages. Especially templates do it for me, they just open up an entirely new way of programming, its crazy. Its like programming your compiler to do some advanced hyper programming. I know its not exclusive to C++, but C++ has grown to a pretty brutal tool by now..

@simulate
I totally agree with you on the beauty of modern C++ as a programming language. You're provided with a really powerful set of tools, and now the only thing between you and really high productivity is your imagination. In the words of one of the pioneers of computer science, Donald E. Knuth: "Computer programming is an art, [...] because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty. A programmer who subconsciously views himself as an artist will enjoy what he does and will do it better.". By the way, congrats on your new job, mate. Best wishes