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Thanks for the advice! >What are your showcase-able skills? I know html, css, js, jquery, and a little bit of php. I know how to make websites responsive. I k

by Calist0 10y ago

Thanks for the advice! >What are your showcase-able skills? I know html, css, js, jquery, and a little bit of php. I know how to make websites responsive. I know how to make AJAX calls (although, I'm a bit rusty). I have some knowledge of design. >Who are you intending to showcase them to? I plan on displaying the projects on my portfolio site for recruiters to see. What exactly do you mean by 'target it like crazy'? Do you mean that I should create a project that relates to the company that I'm applying to? Using your example.. I could create a vehicle page for the 'Model Y' Tesla car (which hasn't been released yet), and make the design similar to the other model pages.

bigiain 10y ago
Exactly - work out who you're sending your resume to and target with laser focus on them, find out what they do, and highlight your ability to do all the junior FE Dev parts of that - don't pretend to be a Creative Director or Marketing Strategist or Head Designer if there are people way more experienced that you easily findable on LinkedIn at the company (or on the other hand, if it's a two person agency or a 7 person startup, try to demonstrate that you can cover those three roles as well as FE Dev). If it's for recruiters, it's a bit harder, but try to do the same thing using currently open job ads as your guide (but as soon as you get a nibble from a recruiter, then find out who the comoany is and follow the rest of the plan). Make sure your portfolio clearly demonstrates that you can do the sort of stuff you'd need to do for them. For your counter-example, yeah that's the idea - but don't _just_ make it about "similar design", make sure you can explain how you've used the existing Tesla.com css stylesheet, javascript and jQuery libraries, and that your page uses the same media queries and is mobile friendly and responsive in the same way as the rest of the site.

by Calist0 10y ago

bigiain 10y ago

Exactly - work out who you're sending your resume to and target with laser focus on them, find out what they do, and highlight your ability to do all the junior FE Dev parts of that - don't pretend to be a Creative Director or Marketing Strategist or Head Designer if there are people way more experienced that you easily findable on LinkedIn at the company (or on the other hand, if it's a two person agency or a 7 person startup, try to demonstrate that you can cover those three roles as well as FE Dev). If it's for recruiters, it's a bit harder, but try to do the same thing using currently open job ads as your guide (but as soon as you get a nibble from a recruiter, then find out who the comoany is and follow the rest of the plan). Make sure your portfolio clearly demonstrates that you can do the sort of stuff you'd need to do for them. For your counter-example, yeah that's the idea - but don't _just_ make it about "similar design", make sure you can explain how you've used the existing Tesla.com css stylesheet, javascript and jQuery libraries, and that your page uses the same media queries and is mobile friendly and responsive in the same way as the rest of the site.