Level Up as a Developer

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Learn a variety of programming paradigms:

Write a program in assembly language
Write an application in a functional language
Write an application in an object-oriented language
Write an application in a prototype-based language
Write an application in a logic programming language
Write an application using the Actor model
Write an application in Forth [C]
Experience the ins and outs of programming for different platforms:

Write a nontrivial web app
Write a nontrivial desktop app
Write a nontrivial mobile app
Write an embedded app
Write a realtime system
Enhance your understanding of the building blocks that we use as developers:

Write a networking client (e.g., HTTP, FTP)
Write a device driver
Write a B-tree database
Wrap an existing library to provide a better (more pleasant) user experience
Write an application or framework that provides a plugin model
Write a testing framework
Write a programming language
Enlighten yourself with koans, katas, and the wisdom of ages:

Complete five code katas
Complete the programming koans for a language that you want to learn
Attend a code retreat
Read SICP and complete all the exercises
Program in the open:

Contribute to an open source project
Have a patch accepted
Earn commit rights on a significant open source project
Publish an open source project
Perform a Refactotum of an open source project
Learn by teaching others [D]:

Present a lightning talk
Present at a local user group
Present at a conference
Deliver a training course
Publish a tutorial
Publish a constructive code review of an open source project
Write a programming book