Introspection of an Engineer.

I have been a victim of passive learning all my life. I understand the concepts, i watch the tutorials, i ace the exams and i get the certification but what else can i show for it apart from certifications? Nothing. I can even see the same pattern forming again when i decided to go deeper into AI as a backend engineer (i've always loved AI). I have completed five modules out of 16 and i still don't have a working project to show for it. Zero visibility as a software engineer means you're no software engineer. Most especially as a Nigerian. This pattern has to break today. I want to do it differently and compare. My strategy has always been know everything about what i want to do before building something around it but i have found out that this is a rabbit hole that i might not come out of. Now, the strategy is build something, even if it is something i know absolutely nothing about. I pick something, i find out about the basics i need to know and i start building. I want to name this