I think a lot of students coast through a CS program and expect to be good at programming when they are done. A student should always have a personal project th

I think a lot of students coast through a CS program and expect to be good at programming when they are done. A student should always have a personal project that he is working on outside of school (even if it is really small). Something that he cannot ask the teacher for help with. That way he has experienced unguided learning and has something to show off at job interviews.