What steps can I take right now to enhance my future computer career?

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<p>One thing you can do is to create your own open source project or working on existing one. The project does not have to be big but it should be useful. It can become your resume and work experience. You will need to do some research on the subject.</p>

<p>This one is by facebook</p>

<p><a href=“https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php[/url]”>https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can contribute in various ways.
[Sinatra:</a> Contribute](<a href=“http://www.sinatrarb.com/contributing.html]Sinatra:”>Sinatra: Contribute)</p>

<p><a href=“https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/[/url]”>https://github.com/sinatra/sinatra/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can see projects developed in other language inspired by Sinatra. The ideas don’t have to be original.</p>

<p>This is a small one for Apple Passbook. Apple publish their implementation in Ruby in WWDC. There are a few PHP implementations developed based on the Ruby code. I show this example because it is small and not difficult but it is very useful for developer who don’t use Ruby. This is also not an original idea but you have to know what is going on in the industry.</p>

<p><a href=“https://github.com/tschoffelen/PHP-Passkit[/url]”>https://github.com/tschoffelen/PHP-Passkit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;