Do some opensource work, from fixing typos, to small bugs. Go to <yourprogramminglanguages>-meetups/events, and talk with people there (if someone needs a coder

Do some opensource work, from fixing typos, to small bugs. Go to <yourprogramminglanguages>-meetups/events, and talk with people there (if someone needs a coder for <yourlanguage>, and they remember you from there, they just might call you). If you have enough free time, try getting a student job (even on campus) that has you doing programming related stuff. Also, use github! Need a script to do some random task? Publish it there. Made an android app, to show you (or post, or whatever) some crap... publish it! Script to create a single page gallery of your instagram feed? Post it! When i worked in larger companies, and also had to read CVs and give my opinion on students and fresh graduates (I hated that), I always prefered someone who had a github profile full of random scripts they wrote, no matter what their grades were (because they were lazy and decided to automate stuff, and that's always good), than someone with great grades and not a line of code to be seen.