I used my blog to display a portfolio of projects I had worked on to prepare myself for leaving academia and go into industry. It paid off massively, as a rando

I used my blog to display a portfolio of projects I had worked on to prepare myself for leaving academia and go into industry. It paid off massively, as a random linkedin recruiter saw the flashy looking web viz I built (an utter pile of garbage html and D3) and I got a job at a hedge fund, leading me to a very lucrative career trajectory.