I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I'm not sure this matters too much - at least where I live. In the UK at the moment a lot of places are still struggling to find enough good people. We take people in for an interview based on their application. Anything they might have to show like a portfolio is nice, but it's not really that important.
I'd say by all means put some time and effort into making things public, but do it because you want to do it, not because you think it's a route to a job. The world is full of portfolios of people showing off their skills. I don't think they do much to get your foot in the door anywhere, and if you make a bad one, people will definitely notice - there's nothing more off-putting than obvious mistakes on a site where someone's trying to blow their own trumpet :)
I do have a portfolio here! Maybe it's offputting because of the lack of completed work display on it?
do it because you want to do it
I agree! That is what others have been saying. I do want to do it. I do want to talk to people from Scotland and anywhere else that is interested in the same things as me! I haven't in the past because of a limiting world view, but this book has kinda shown me that. I don't really care about being Dan Abramov, but community is essential even in just the tens!
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I'm not sure this matters too much - at least where I live. In the UK at the moment a lot of places are still struggling to find enough good people. We take people in for an interview based on their application. Anything they might have to show like a portfolio is nice, but it's not really that important.
I'd say by all means put some time and effort into making things public, but do it because you want to do it, not because you think it's a route to a job. The world is full of portfolios of people showing off their skills. I don't think they do much to get your foot in the door anywhere, and if you make a bad one, people will definitely notice - there's nothing more off-putting than obvious mistakes on a site where someone's trying to blow their own trumpet :)
Cool to hear from you ben.
I do have a portfolio here! Maybe it's offputting because of the lack of completed work display on it?
I agree! That is what others have been saying. I do want to do it. I do want to talk to people from Scotland and anywhere else that is interested in the same things as me! I haven't in the past because of a limiting world view, but this book has kinda shown me that. I don't really care about being Dan Abramov, but community is essential even in just the tens!