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If you're not focusing on UI design in your career, why does your portfolio need a nice UI design? Build stuff that highlights the skills you want to advertise.
by leros 2y ago
If you're not focusing on UI design in your career, why does your portfolio need a nice UI design? Build stuff that highlights the skills you want to advertise.
That being said, I don't think you need a portfolio. It might help, but I don't know anyone with a public portfolio.
- CM30 2y agoI agree it shouldn't be needed, the issue is that I get a bunch of job ads that outright say "provide a link to your portfolio". Which seems to assume that every applicant has a website with info about their work or something.
- leros 2y agoIMO, just leave it blank and highlight your work experience. They're hiring you to develop at work, not develop at home. Recruiters ask for lots of stuff that isn't necessary. Again, I'll highlight that I've worked with tons of developers, designers, and PMs and almost none of them had portfolios.
- solardev 2y agoFWIW, I've just fill in "N/A" or shared a Google Drive link to a PDF if required. I've gotten all my jobs despite not having a website. The downside, of course, is I don't know how many jobs I MIGHT'VE gotten if I also had a fancy, polished website. Shrug. I don't really lose sleep over it at night. Of all the devs I've ever worked with, none ever had a portfolio. (The designers usually did, of course.)
- vunderba 2y agoI'd just substitute your GitHub profile assuming you have one, though I will say that "portfolio" does seem to imply a UI/UX position.