Learn LabVIEW. Learn programming (which means "Given a problem and a Programming Language that you know with some level of expertise, figure out how to solve your Problem using your Programming Language Knowledge"). Note that this second step usually involves breaking the Big Problem into smaller parts and (with knowledge of the Language) writing appropriate code.
A good (but very old-fashioned, almost forgotten) rule is "Write the Documentation First". Note that if you can't do this (as opposed to "don't want to do this"), you probably can't solve your problem.
Bob Schor
