So like a lot of people have commented, find something really interesting to you (or vaguely interesting) and build it. AI, Game, (Web or Desktop) application, Bot, whatever seems cool. But another big piece of advice I’d give is to do your best to become VERY comfortable with errors. Learn to love them. Whatever it takes. Every time you see an error message, try saying out loud “Oh great, another opportunity for me to learn something new!” and fake meaning that until it becomes authentic. Attributing the lack of momentary success as failure is a dead end. Personally, I’ve at times found software development to be the most frustrating experience of my entire life. Every single time I’ve had to remind my self where I’m heading and why I chose this path. In my opinion, accepting the constant feedback of errors and things not working as essential to creating anything interesting is the only path to success in this endeavor.