Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

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Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

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Learn a variety of programming paradigms:

• 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 ✓

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