You make great points and I understand that it is indeed very difficult. I couldn't agree more when you said, "Build out something yourself that has real world users." I couldn't agree more because that's what you do on the job.
Have you read about the Pot Quality vs Quantity experiment? I think the best way to move forward for any developer is to just start building. Look at a website and just start replicating it from scratch in HTML and CSS and when done, move on to the next one.
This is what I did and it helped me a lot in landing the jobs I talked about. Anyways, thanks a lot and I wish you the best!
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You make great points and I understand that it is indeed very difficult. I couldn't agree more when you said, "Build out something yourself that has real world users." I couldn't agree more because that's what you do on the job.
Have you read about the Pot Quality vs Quantity experiment? I think the best way to move forward for any developer is to just start building. Look at a website and just start replicating it from scratch in HTML and CSS and when done, move on to the next one.
This is what I did and it helped me a lot in landing the jobs I talked about. Anyways, thanks a lot and I wish you the best!
EDIT: Quick tip, if you cannot open the medium article, just open it in incognito mode.