Understand pointers, program counter and some aspects of the hardware - build an emulator for a fake CPU Learn Basic OOP - build a game in C++ and OpenGL Le

Understand pointers, program counter and some aspects of the hardware - build an emulator for a fake CPU Learn Basic OOP - build a game in C++ and OpenGL Learn Basic Functional Programming - Elixir or Haskell Learn Prolog - it will change the way you think about programming. - implement A* and solve a problem Learn Python or Ruby - build a basic bug tracker in Django or Rails Learn SQL - note the similarities and differences between the other languages you have used Or just find a university that covers the above!