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Decide on a project that interests you, even if there isn't necessarily a 'need' for it by others.
Two projects I plan to complete are:
First, a .NET based clone of a game I wrote back in high school on a Commodore PET - the game was, by nature of the platform, keyboard based. Now, I have other input options - mouse based with button to click instead of keyboard commands; better graphic options, possibly even sound (but, considering me, I doubt it)
Second: a platform to track dependencies - forward and backwards from a starting point; that means I need to have an input mechanism, a search mechanism and a reporting mechanism. I've toyed with the idea of having a graphical representation of the output and being able to limit (or not) the number of predecessor and successors to an item.
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You've got to look forward, to the future.
Make a power-governor for lightsabres.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well, according to the story line in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, he will need to harvest some Kyber Crystals if he is going to do lightsaber work. Don't know if we have any on this planet. 
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That's hardware. Leave that for the mechanical engineers to screw up.
The software's worth making a start on now, though.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Pick one:
ByteStruck[^]
Beta is 90% complete, just need to finish the matching algorithms.
FlowSharp[^] and FlowSharpCode[^]
I'm doing some really cool things with FlowSharpCode (which is now actually merged into FlowSharp) and of course there's a large TODO list (see Issues section) in FlowSharp itself.
Projourn (sorry, no public link), a project journaling web app (much like a blog, but also different.) Some initial work has been done, including REST services and a WinForm client to play around with prototyping.
Marc
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Wow, that ByteStuck site looks like the type of site I was looking for a few days ago 
i cri evry tiem
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James_Parsons wrote: that ByteStuck site looks like the type of site I was looking for a few days ago
Exactly.  Hence the reason for creating it. 
Marc
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Is this your site?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Kevin Marois wrote: Is this your site?
Certainly. I wouldn't post a link to something that wasn't mine!
Marc
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What are you using on the backend?
i cri evry tiem
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James_Parsons wrote: What are you using on the backend?
My own web server (no IIS dependencies, nor is it ASP.NET / Razor.) I haven't written about the web server back end much, but the code is open source[^]. ByteStruck itself is not open source.
Also, SQL Server Express, hosted on an Amazon EC2. Core web "frameworks" are jQuery (of course), jqWidgets, and Knockout.
Marc
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Oh, and I forgot, Bootstrap as well, like everyone else. 
Marc
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OK. Looks promising.
When I go to Projects/Jobs = > View Public Projects/Jobs
or
Projects/Jobs = > Geek Matches
I get "Route not found"
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Kevin Marois wrote: I get "Route not found"
Indeed - missing implementation.  I actually usually don't have the server running, I fired it up actually when I wrote my original reply, haha.
Marc
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Collaborate on a project. Code to www.codeplex.com and find a project that interests you and get involved.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
Everything makes sense in someone's mind.
Ya can't fix stupid.
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Well, Windows has already been done, but I don't think you'd have any problem doing it better.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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James_Parsons wrote: I have not touched any code for 6 months
James_Parsons wrote: it looks good to employers
Um, er, why haven't you touched code in 6 months? Reason why I ask is because you mention this fact in the same paragraph as the word "employers". I would not hire you if you haven't touched code in 6 months without a very, very good reason.
Just curious.
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Haha, I guess it doesn't matter I wouldn't get hired anyway  . I'm an 18 year old kid straight out of high school with little experience living in one of the worst states for the industry.
I haven't touched code in 6 months because after graduating, I had no more projects to work on.
i cri evry tiem
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College plans? Military plans - non-combat, with technical MOS (programming, etc.)?
If you love to code then you need to show an employment timeline with full-time coding, software development, etc. I would focus more on that then side projects, IMHO. I don't consider people for employment based on their "side projects".
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Quote: College plans? Military plans - non-combat, with technical MOS (programming, etc.)?
Actually, I recently failed to get into the Army, Now trying the Air Force.
i cri evry tiem
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James_Parsons wrote: Now trying the Air Force.
Air force or Navy is best for technical jobs. I would start with Air Force.
If you go military, then go non-combat MOS (Mission Occupational Specialty) and pick a speciality that you know will help you get employment when you get out (i.e. software development, etc.)
I was in the Infantry but if I had to do it over again, I would go Air Force.
Good luck.
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James_Parsons wrote: I've also tried the whole "make something you would use" and wind up finding out someone has already done it and better than I could do it.
I agree with the idea of making something you would use. This is very practical advice. My best 'side projects' have been little utilities that I now use just about every day both on or off the job. There's sure to be at least one small utility application you currently use that could be just a little better...maybe a better UI or an added feature or two. Start from scratch and/or use samples/examples from working code (with proper credits of course!) to make something that you can get immediate results from and improve on over time.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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First, clear some space on the side you wish the project to appear on.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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My struggle is finding the time to write code, rather than coming up with ideas; I have thousands stored away in mails to myself; most of which will never see the light of day...
What are your interests / hobbies?
I can cherry pick some of the ideas that match up to what you're interested in and give them to you.
Also do you have any preferences on the type of thing you'd like to build?
i.e.
- Platform: web based, desktop app, phone app
- Content: game, social network (i.e. involving some social features; not a full blown social network), etc.
- Time: how much time do you think you'll have to invest in this; do you want something you can knock up with an hour a day for a couple of months, or something bigger/smaller?
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ps. If you want to come up with ideas on your own, look for things that frustrate you.
Example
When I go to the airport I have to go to one place to get my boarding pass, then another to drop off bags, then through security, then customs, etc. If I've not travelled in a while I get confused and often end up going to the desks in the wrong order (e.g. I go to check in my bags, then having queued for 20 mins am told I have to first check in at a different desk, so have to go queue there before coming back and queueing again). In some airports I can do everything at one desk.
As a developer you can't change the airport's procedures; but you can still help people... i.e. create a phone app which can store the workflows for each airport / airline, into which users can enter their details (which airport they're flying from, flight number, do they have luggage for the hold, etc).
This app can then list an itinerary for me, pulling back any data from open sources (e.g. from my flight number it can get the flight time, and from that can suggest appropriate times for each step, and telling me which desk number or gate to head to in order to complete a step). As I complete each bit I tick it off and the app tells me where to go/what to do next; saving me some pain.
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