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A lot of people are recommending writing some open source software. I would advise against that. Instead I would advise writing some software that you find to be useful. That does not rule out contributing to an open source project, it just makes it less likely you'll waste your time. It's really really hard to figure out if people really need the features they ask for in open source projects -- and I think there are a lot of bloated FOSS products out there. Write something for yourself and it may lead you down a surprising path.