Do all the tutorails you can get a hold of, this will mean a lot of c-script to lite-c conversion but you learn a ton. Keep post here for help and feed back join one of the new teams and build experince don't try to go a project only at first. HAVE FUN it's what it's about. Feel free to ask alot of qustions but expect people to make you work for the answer you never learn if the pros just hand you code.

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