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Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer
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
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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good post.. help me lot... thanks..
Very good post. i just got more motivated to keep pushing in my code learning. Kudos guys
Do you think how long it takes to complete the list?
I have started a blog series along with a repo for all achievements, will keep updating them as and when I complete them. Check it out-
Do you think how long it takes to complete the list?
About a day for a drunk programmer 🤷🏻♂️
Most of it will be spent on non-coding it seems
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