To my understanding, its quite important if your unemployed/a newly graduated student, as of course there is no company to pay for your software package, but yo

To my understanding, its quite important if your unemployed/a newly graduated student, as of course there is no company to pay for your software package, but you still need to produce a portfolio. Also thinking about it, it'd be an issue for freelancers. I guess they'd just up their rates, but that makes them harder to sell.