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Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Post by nfriedly »

kickscondor wrote: post #8

I'm always looking for personal sites that are still out there. I love some of the ones she listed. Here are some random ones I found yesterday. http://merkoba.com/ http://angusnicneven.com/ http://danieltemkin.com/ http://joelcalifa.com/ https://jacky.wtf/ https://www.jacobyyoung.com/about http://nik.works/ http://web.archive.org/web/20180501202224/https://shiba.comp... Here are two I found several days ago, but tha…

I built mine about 6 years ago, and it's starting to look a touch dated now, but I'm still pretty proud of it. It's helped me land my last two full-time jobs as well as a few freelance things here and there.

http://www.nfriedly.com/portfolio/

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Post by matallo »

kickscondor wrote: post #8

I'm always looking for personal sites that are still out there. I love some of the ones she listed. Here are some random ones I found yesterday. http://merkoba.com/ http://angusnicneven.com/ http://danieltemkin.com/ http://joelcalifa.com/ https://jacky.wtf/ https://www.jacobyyoung.com/about http://nik.works/ http://web.archive.org/web/20180501202224/https://shiba.comp... Here are two I found several days ago, but tha…

Here's my personal website: https://matall.in

I'm a fan of personal sites, too. Some of the ones that I like most, in no particular order:

https://macwright.org

https://zachholman.com

https://warpspire.com

https://paulstamatiou.com

http://francisco.dance

https://craigmod.com

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Post by pknerd »

Being a backend developer I am not quite good at making a good looking portfolio. My current site(http://adnansiddiqi.me) home page is the inspiration I took from some other site. All links are clicked by visitors but the blog one. Although my blog gives me more traffic(and work) than the actual home site. Will seek her advice for sure.

PS: In case if one wonders what I mean, check this Googe Analytics heatmap for my home page: https://imgur.com/a/swtufo9

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Post by s73v3r_ »

bbaumgar wrote: post #60
kotrunga wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The front page looks awesome. I'm using Firefox on OSX- for some reason I can't scroll down. Maybe it's just not implemented yet?

Awesome, thanks for the report. I had someone report that before and couldn't reproduce. Looks like I should have tested in base Firefox, not just Firefox Developer Edition :)

Same thing happens in Chrome for OS X.

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Post by eafkuor »

kelvin0 wrote: post #78

I'm an (veteran?) Software Dev with close to 20 years experience. I've never had a portfolio, I always thought a resumé and a list of successfully completed projects was enough. HR usually only looks at resumé, freelance customers usually couldn't care less of it seems. Only devs would care about another devs portfolio (in my opinion). Any other opinions?

A portfolio seems pretty useless to me if you have a decent CV.

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Post by jalcine »

kickscondor wrote: post #8

I'm always looking for personal sites that are still out there. I love some of the ones she listed. Here are some random ones I found yesterday. http://merkoba.com/ http://angusnicneven.com/ http://danieltemkin.com/ http://joelcalifa.com/ https://jacky.wtf/ https://www.jacobyyoung.com/about http://nik.works/ http://web.archive.org/web/20180501202224/https://shiba.comp... Here are two I found several days ago, but tha…

Aye. Thanks for linking me. Was wondering why I had a spike in traffic.

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Post by droxey »

kickscondor wrote: post #8

I'm always looking for personal sites that are still out there. I love some of the ones she listed. Here are some random ones I found yesterday. http://merkoba.com/ http://angusnicneven.com/ http://danieltemkin.com/ http://joelcalifa.com/ https://jacky.wtf/ https://www.jacobyyoung.com/about http://nik.works/ http://web.archive.org/web/20180501202224/https://shiba.comp... Here are two I found several days ago, but tha…

As a programming instructor, I'm always encouraging my students to keep beautiful, up to date portfolios. I appreciate the numerous examples in this thread, and will be sure to pass along the inspiration to my students!

Here's mine: https://droxey.com

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