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Building a Kickass Portfolio

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Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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I thought .tel domains were restricted to the publishing of contact information rather than websites. Portfolio looks great though!

Thanks! "Now also available as a generic anything-you-want-it-to-be top-level domain" -- from the .tel site

Ah thanks for that. I guess it makes sense for them to open it up, it never really took off as a 'directory' , which is a slight shame.

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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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 mine: http://payodpanda.com

Unfortunately I haven't updated it in a while, but I plan on doing that in a couple of weeks with recent projects.

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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I recently learnt web-dev and made this: http://www.bhaskarnair.me/ it's not that good not even near those given in the links but hey, it's my website and I'd love some suggestions!

blog "Read more" is broken

Was just updating the site. Do try now.

Re: Building a Kickass Portfolio

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I always ask people if they looked at website, my code or anything before hiring me and the overwhelming answer is no. I've always had to get things in front of people just get them to see the extent of work. People think you need a portfolio to get hired you don't. I've built over 30 web-apps in the last decade, and I've never bothered to screen cap them. People only care what you can immediately do for them and if…

Bring a color-print out of your projects. This worked wonders for me when I was applying to jobs. For reference, my website is here: https://www.alexpetralia.com . I printed out the first page, then could talk about each project quite tangibly with the print-out in hand. You still need a portfolio, you just also have to SHOW it. It is your job as an applicant, not theirs to research every candidate that comes by.

As someone who knows nothing about typography, I just wanted to let you know that I really like your choice of fonts and the logo you're using!

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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…

This guy from Japan still has my favorite portfolio so far: https://magical-girl.site/ I shared it a while ago here, but it didn't get much traction.

It's so extremely overdone that it becomes a category all of its own. Awesome.

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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 actually finished mine the other day: https://sterlingdemille.com Boy, making a portfolio is excruciating. All these links make it look so easy, but when I started it was like pulling teeth. If anyone has feedback (harsh even), I'd love to hear it!

Big fan of your layout & color-scheme.

Can I ask what you used to make that pixelated avatar of yourself?

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Most of my career has actually been on the backend! Just keep the site simple!

Not to diminish, but by most of your career you mean 2 years, right? Because you say you graduated from college with a BA in 2016. Truth be told that makes this much more impressive...

three -- I was working full time as a software engineer for the year before that. I also had two internships before that which I don't list.

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My personal site is https://jonathanstreet.com/ It's in need of some help so I've been looking around for inspiration. I'll be taking a look at everything posted. Some I've found previously I like: http://blog.echen.me/ https://www.liyaoxiang.com/ http://www.randalolson.com/ https://jvns.ca/ http://www.nowozin.net/sebastian/ http://www.emilio.ferrara.name/ http://danielnee.com/ http://daynebatten.com/ https://thomasl…

I actually quite like it. It is fast, to the point and funnels you through a way to contact you.

Thanks. I'm pleased you mentioned the speed. When I created the site it wasn't something I focused on but I have thought about more recently. I'll aim for any changes I make to be at worse time neutral.
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