Technical or coding projects that offer more than just 'practice?'

Question

Going from a novice to intermediate coder was fairly engaging, and I still find problem solving for problem solving sake an interesting use of time, but its hard to motivate myself to work on a large scale project simply for the sake of practice. I feel I am qualified to be paid to program on at least a junior level, and doing a serious project for no pay which benefits nothing but my resume is not motivating.It seems common to run into the problem: "If it's useful, it's probably already made by now." What are some projects one can work on worth more than just showing off?

hughrr · Accepted Answer

I usually find something that I use that already exists that pisses me off and make my own version that doesn't piss me off.I've done this with a couple of things which have worked out usable over time and are part of my daily workflow. Most recent is a simplified browser-based replacement for GnuCash which is based on Sqlite and Go. I will publish it on github when I am happy with it.

Jemaclus · Answer

I've been enjoying CodeCrafters. No affiliation, just think it's fun. Build your own Redis, Git, Docker, or SQLite in any language.https://app.codecrafters.io/courses