Making a mod is a really good driver for learning development. That's how I got started. It's good that the goal is so unreachable at the start. There's an awfu

Making a mod is a really good driver for learning development. That's how I got started. It's good that the goal is so unreachable at the start. There's an awful lot to learn and you need to boostrap yourself, somehow, into doing something remotely productive. I never finished my mod, but I spent 2 years learning C++, Photoshop, 3DS Max, Worldcraft, and all manner of other tools on the way. It was great exposure and it never felt tedious because my goal wasn't learning how to program, it was learning how to make a homing missile, or a texture for my fort. :) I wasn't really interested, at the time, in learning how to write a simple bank that could process transactions, or a task list.