You finished the Solana track. That's a real milestone. You went from "programs are stateless and accounts hold everything" to writing real Anchor programs, composing them through CPI, integrating Token-2022 extensions, and shipping the kind of code that runs on the second-largest smart-contract platform by TVL. The Solana model is harder to start than Solidity, and you got past that part. The fluency is yours now.

Take a moment to appreciate what you've built. Everything you learned here is the foundation every program you'll ever read or write sits on. It doesn't expire. It gets sharper the more you use it.

The Ethereum track is the natural next step if you haven't taken it yet. You'll write Solidity against a different account model and a different execution environment. Most of the security instincts you built here transfer. Reentrancy on Ethereum is the same shape as classic-CPI-abuse on Solana, just with different names. The EVM's storage layout is less alien once you've already wrestled with rent and zero-copy.

If you already have Ethereum or you're not interested in another stack, keep building on Solana. Pick a protocol you like and read its on-chain program end to end. Read Jupiter's router. Read a Drift or Kamino vault. Build something of your own. Apply for an audit role. There's plenty of work for the kind of person who can do what you can now do.

Whatever you pick next, good work getting here.