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I haven't seen portfolios mentioned yet, but that's another option. Pros: do it once, use it at multiple interviews. Cons: more difficult to make sure it's or
by rendaw 6y ago
I haven't seen portfolios mentioned yet, but that's another option. Pros: do it once, use it at multiple interviews. Cons: more difficult to make sure it's original work, difficult to come up with ideas. I did CV screening and very few people had anything, it's not like a portfolio project needs to take more than 2-3 hours to create.
Portfolios are a common requirement in other fields where creating a portfolio is even part of the educational process.
- red2awn 6y agoWhat kind of portfolio worthy projects take less than 3 hours to create?
- rendaw 6y agoScraping Kickstarter projects with certain keywords and sending yourself an email, a tool for slicing csv files, reimagining various basic command line tools in new languages, a tool to scan a file with an unused filename in the current directory, a program to sort music by idv3 tags, an http media server, etc... All of these would show 1. basic language ability, 2. some simple algorithms, 3. ability to do something to completion.