I was in a similar situation, and now I have my first C++ job. I think that learning a few frameworks and libraries (Qt, Boost, ...) helped as well. Definitely

I was in a similar situation, and now I have my first C++ job. I think that learning a few frameworks and libraries (Qt, Boost, ...) helped as well. Definitely not unrealistic, just slightly harder. What industry (finance, gaming, etc) are you looking to join by the way?