Write a piece of software in a week - a full app, with discrete functionality that would challenge you to deliver on time. Do it, and burn through it. Then opt

Write a piece of software in a week - a full app, with discrete functionality that would challenge you to deliver on time. Do it, and burn through it. Then optimize it - measure front end render performance/compilation times/code perf, and then do the same on the backend. Write a blog post about it. No substitute for experience