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Abraham Brookes

If your plan is to get a job programming then the most valuable thing you can have is a couple of completed projects under your belt, probably on a portfolio website that you probably also created yourself.

Pick two or three small scale projects and do them. Every time there's an issue you can't solve, learn how to solve it, and keep going. Then not only will you have learned a bunch of stuff, but you'll have a couple of finished projects!

Might I suggest some of these simple projects?

  • Income tax calculator
  • To-do list app
  • 'Memory' card game (flip and match cards)
  • Personal profile page
  • Small business website (1, 2 or 3 pagers are pretty easy)

Have fuuuuun

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Adam

Abraham, thanks a lot for the ideas, to be honest I’ve managed to create them (via YouTube copying) but now is the time to create them by myself.

Thanks a lot for your advice!