I don’t make “first contact” with my clients that way but I think it really helps to have an interesting portfolio that they can look at once contact is made.

I don’t make “first contact” with my clients that way but I think it really helps to have an interesting portfolio that they can look at once contact is made. It slipped my mind earlier, but I did have a hiring manager from Mathematica tell me he saw something I’d done from my website once - probably got the link to my web sites from LinkedIn. He’d seen a video of a virtual oscilloscope I’d written for laser stuff. I doubt he would have called otherwise since my resume’ isn’t “out there” for everyone to see.