Pick a simple project and see it through to completion. That's really the only way. So not making your own search engine, a dating website, twitter for cats, a

Pick a simple project and see it through to completion. That's really the only way. So not making your own search engine, a dating website, twitter for cats, anything like that. Far too large of an undertaking. Those are for later in your career. Because you listed Objective-C, I'd really recommend making a menubar app then launching it on the Mac App Store. People expect menubar apps to be small utilities that do one thing well. Perfect for someone just starting out. And having launched an app to THE App Store is a huge boost to your portfolio and self-esteem. So pick some little piece of functionality you need and wrap it up as a menubar app. Forum notifications, whois-lookup, image upload, workflow enhancement... I'm sure you can think of something. I made a small menubar app (see below) when I was learning Objective-C myself. Highly recommended, once you have the basics down, to get to work on a simple app. Reddit Notifier: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-notifier/id468366517?mt=12 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/reddit-notifier/id468366517?m...