That's a good point. Sometimes you need large, ambitious projects to both learn and demonstrate that learning. People learn to code well by working on big pro

That's a good point. Sometimes you need large, ambitious projects to both learn and demonstrate that learning. People learn to code well by working on big programs, and learn to write well by writing in depth on some subject. I guess you could sum it up as: the best test of whether a person is capable of creating something of value is to ask them to create something of value and see what happens.