A few buisness questions...

[videoman1994]

Well I am only a Freshman in high school but yet I want to pursue a game programming industry, or even just a programming industry. Do any of you have any advice on maybe how I could pursue this career? I am currently trying to learn C++, but I can't find a good enough guide thats easy enough for my level, If anyone could maybe help me with my question it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)

[yawningdog]

There are lots of books out there on the subject, and I own four. The best thing you can do is buy one and get started. (X-mas is just around the corner. ;) ) You're going to need a compiler, and there are some decent free ones out there. If you use Linux, then you probably already have the g++ compiler or can get it easy enough. If you use windows, you can download Visual C++ Express for free.

Be patient and check back here or on some programming-specific forums for help when you need it. (I assure you, you will need it.) Just getting stuff to compile can be frustrating, but once you get the compiler figured out and you actually start writing code for real, it's pretty exciting. (In a geeky sort of way.)

And congratulations on deciding what you want to do early. Start now and stick with it and you'll probably be pretty wealthy someday.

[taylor22]

Well I am only a Freshman in high school but yet I want to pursue a game programming industry, or even just a programming industry. Do any of you have any advice on maybe how I could pursue this career? I am currently trying to learn C++, but I can't find a good enough guide thats easy enough for my level, If anyone could maybe help me with my question it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)

You're totally on the right track already by being interested in the field while young, and wanting to learn some skills on your own before you head out into the real world or school. A lot of really talented web developers are successful because they started teaching themselves everything at a young age to be more familiar with it.

Here are a few tutorials I found online that might help you better:
1. http://cpp-tutorial.cpp4u.com/ - a basic rundown on C++ that will walk you through most of all the language
2. http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html - beginning stuff as well as a little more advanced and in different categories as well
3. http://www.onlinecomputersciencedegree.com/ - most people don't need formal education to be successful in web, but if you feel like you do, taking some CS courses online might help you out
4. http://www.howtoforge.com/beginners_guide_to_cplusplus - a beginner's guide to C++

Since this all is probably completely new to you, don't get discouraged! The stuff is hard to learn at first, but can be easily picked up once you get the hang of it!