Techniques for C++ prigrammer

Hi there,
I'm relatively new to C++ programming but so far what i have done is few console projects at school. I want to be a C++ programmer(but not a game developer) but I have no ideal what industry out there expects about C++ programmers. So what practical skills do I need to have? What techniques or frameworks do I need to master to become a professional C++ programmer? Any advice would be appreciated.
Unfortunately the best tools aren't the ones with demand.

.Net, Visual C++ & their interface builder, QT, MySQL, even C# to extend, using and compiling using the popular Linux tool set.
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