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Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

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[W] - Working On
[-] - Future

Learn a variety of programming paradigms:

[W] 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

** 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:**

[-] 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

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