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Mark_Wallace16-Mar-17 4:22
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Foothill16-Mar-17 8:11
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Well, there are lots of little side projects that you can do to build experience and confidence as well as learning important concepts.

Such As:
A person-to-person TCP/IP chat client and server (networking, sockets, and event driven, asynchronous programming)
A data mining/analysis tool (databases, data structures, and handling large data sets)
A simple MVC application (Web services & applications, RazorViewEngine, TCP/IP & UDP) (P.S. a simple feedback form is great for learning)

More advanced topics:
Write your own {stable}thread pool (yes, it's been over done but you learn a lot about synchronization techniques and asynchronous program flow)
Windows application in Windows Presention Foundation (windows programming, UI design techniques, and all other things aggravating)
Data Access Service with Window Communication Foundation (security, networking, databases, etc...)
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

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