Almost everything is a crud app.
Game developers are notoriously abused in compensation and work hours.
I do think c++ provides an interesting area to program into but the part where you do it to avoid places with business requirements would only speak to programmers who don't yet realize that the business perspective of your code is where your career growth and potential come from (not from learning more and more advanced coding technique).
> programmers who don't yet realize that the business perspective of your code is where your career growth and potential come from (not from learning more and more advanced coding technique).
Yes and no. I think programmers get the biggest lift, career-wise, from being able to put themselves in the shoes of a stakeholder while coding and being able to talk intelligently about what they produce to non-technical people. But that's just the price of admission to work in an environment where you don't get treated like shit usually.
Beyond that, if you want to work on problems that you really enjoy then finding a technical specialization that gets you excited to go to work is a must. Then find a job where your knowledge in that area translates to business value. If that sounds hard, spend some more time socializing with other people in your industry. Consulting or working on OSS projects helped me a ton in this area.
That's the arc my career has taken at least, and I'm still early in it.
I do think c++ provides an interesting area to program into but the part where you do it to avoid places with business requirements would only speak to programmers who don't yet realize that the business perspective of your code is where your career growth and potential come from (not from learning more and more advanced coding technique).