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Why wouldn't you dream up your own simple app and do that? Nothing makes a portfolio more than a published app. Or are you trying to avoid the actual publishing
by philbarr 15y ago
Why wouldn't you dream up your own simple app and do that? Nothing makes a portfolio more than a published app. Or are you trying to avoid the actual publishing side and just want the experience of app creation?
I would say that the act of publishing an app is just as important an experience as writing the code.
- veiledprawn 15y agoI realised after I posted that I could have explained this better. To me at least, working to someone else's plan gives me a 'better' experience for future work. This way I'm not likely to artificially limit myself and drop features here & there because I don't feel like doing them. It will also give me more satisfaction to see a real useful app out there, than a flashy toy I might create to show off. I have some ideas of my own but that's all they are at the moment. And finally, someone else will get something useful out of it too. And I do have a published app on the app store (should have mentioned that too!). It's an early experiment with PhoneGap and so not the best example of my skills however.
- tstegart 15y agoIf you're looking to do this as a career, nothing beats an app you made yourself. I would give it much more weight in deciding whether to choose you as a developer than work you did for someone else. I don't know how much work you did on that other project, but I know with your own app you not only did it all, but you've shown me you can execute things on your own time without me bugging you. I suggest doing another one of your own apps, only make it kick-ass this time. Not necessarily in terms of have tons of functionality, but make it spiffy in the looks department and how snappy it is. A good suggestion would be an app that both solves a problem you have and shows off your skills.