what do?

i want to learn how to do new and interesting shit while programming. like creating drivers, but i assume that requires reading system information which i have no clue how to do, nor do i know how to specify the driver going to the device. Hell even stuff like localizing and having a program dynamically choose which files to use based on region...

how do you learn to do complex shit, i mean fuck I'm in my junior year of college for Software development and all the classes available were data structures and compiler design (which flew over my fucking head have to retake)and some AI design, nothing really substantial to help me create useful programs

http://library.nu/docs/F2G90ILTAN/

>>2
don't have an account

>>1
I'd reconsider careers. Seriously. If you can't handle data structures, you sure as heck won't be able to handle industry level problems, which tend to be far more difficult.

>>4
oh data structures were easy as piss, i just had trouble with compiler design

>>1,4
This is some knowledge that is necessary for what you want to do.
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-English-Punctuation-Correctly

>>6
not at all...nexasery

>>7
Stay classy bro.

You haven't really given us much of your programming background. Do you program for fun (outside of school)? Do you actually practice what you learn?

You won't be able to do "complex shit" if you don't have a strong foundation.

>>9
Don't bother as he doesn't even write English. He's too slow to have any skill in programming.

what do?
check my doubles, that's what you should do

>>11
Nice dubz, bro.

>>12
thanks

>>9
I am knowledgeable in c++, perl, python, Ada, and java. I made a small text adventure game outside of class and a website, which I was displeased with and deleted.

overall if I learn something I can redo it and make variations/implement it easily.

>>14
Write a general purpose VM to unify future high level languages to comply with one standard VM.

>>14
I started with board games on MS Word's VBA macro editor. I found it by accident, but it wasn't difficult to understand the GUI and generated code when I double clicked controls, so kept trying for some hours until I did a reversi game (3x3 button matriz on a .doc lol). It was my first and really good programming experience.
Some friends started with spreadsheet formulae or mirc scripting. One of my friends did copies of various console games like Mario Bros and Bomberman (with the original sprites), and they've got really nice.
All this before college, of course.

Those old times when I learned C and win32 API won't come back, thank God.

>>15
Like .NET?

>>17 LLVM!

>>17
.net

no thanks, take your shitty bloated MS library back to /g/

>>19
.Net is fine