Sr. Software Engineer at CallRail building microservices to support 3rd party integrations. PhD student at the University of Nebraska studying bioinformatics, machine learning, and algorithms.
Keep going Angel, don't give up yet. My honest advice for you: I don't think the "powered by squarespace" is the red-flag people are saying. Your design skills are awesome. Your projects could use a TLC though. "Shana" is a pretty cool design, and the Degrassi game is (I think) your best project but could still use a little touching up as far as the user interface.
Your movie project is a little broken as well, but if you fixed it up, I think it would be the best project to feature. Also, I think you should just hide the other ones after you get the three I mentioned really perfect. You can't spend all day working on projects when you're still job hunting, right?
You have a great eye for color and shape, I think you should highlight this as your strength.
Have you tried reaching out to recruiters on LinkedIn? My last two jobs were from unsolicited messages from recruiters on LinkedIn. Also, what kind of jobs are searching for? Don't forget, there's more to the industry than "software engineer" and "full stack developer." Some people start off as testers or business analysts.
I hope this helps and I really want to emphasize that you have a lot of front-end potential. You can learn code all day but the artistic side of it needs a little bit of natural talent which it seems like you have. Don't lose hope, and good luck!
I do put my projects up there as proof that I am doing stuff and not doing nothing. I don't think it's a good idea to take them down. Also on the page it does say that they aren't complete. If employers expect complete projects that is unrealistic to me. No project is ever complete.
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Keep going Angel, don't give up yet. My honest advice for you: I don't think the "powered by squarespace" is the red-flag people are saying. Your design skills are awesome. Your projects could use a TLC though. "Shana" is a pretty cool design, and the Degrassi game is (I think) your best project but could still use a little touching up as far as the user interface.
Your movie project is a little broken as well, but if you fixed it up, I think it would be the best project to feature. Also, I think you should just hide the other ones after you get the three I mentioned really perfect. You can't spend all day working on projects when you're still job hunting, right?
You have a great eye for color and shape, I think you should highlight this as your strength.
Have you tried reaching out to recruiters on LinkedIn? My last two jobs were from unsolicited messages from recruiters on LinkedIn. Also, what kind of jobs are searching for? Don't forget, there's more to the industry than "software engineer" and "full stack developer." Some people start off as testers or business analysts.
I hope this helps and I really want to emphasize that you have a lot of front-end potential. You can learn code all day but the artistic side of it needs a little bit of natural talent which it seems like you have. Don't lose hope, and good luck!
I do put my projects up there as proof that I am doing stuff and not doing nothing. I don't think it's a good idea to take them down. Also on the page it does say that they aren't complete. If employers expect complete projects that is unrealistic to me. No project is ever complete.