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First off thank you for the excellent post, this is exactly why I chose to post this here. Amazing advice compared to anywhere else. Second - In terms of "p

First off thank you for the excellent post, this is exactly why I chose to post this here. Amazing advice compared to anywhere else. Second - In terms of "portfolio" - I am a college student, so I haven't had much of a chance to get a lot of work. Would you suggest making dummy/boilerplate websites with nice designs to start off my portfolio? Or is it generally better to save your portfolio for strictly work you've been paid for, etc? Thank you for great advice so far, looking forward to more!

solost 16y ago
I think the answer is that you should post any work that you have done and want to share with potential customers. If you are going to post work for hire, make it clear it was work for hire and done to a clients specifications. If you are going to post projects from class work, just make clear the purpoes of the project. I also think it is a good idea to post projects you did for yourself to display your level of talent and creativity, espcially when you haven't done a lot of work for hire. Just always be honest about how and why you did the projects. Check out this site for portfolio ideas: http://alexmeraz.com/ http://alexmeraz.com/