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I'm not a developer but a designer. What do developers showcase in their portfolio? How do you describe the projects you've worked on? What is a recruiter look

by bbx 14y ago

I'm not a developer but a designer. What do developers showcase in their portfolio? How do you describe the projects you've worked on? What is a recruiter looking for when visiting your website?

tomschlick 14y ago
A developers profile these days is mostly just github. Works very well for those of us that contribute back to open source but not too sure how someone who doesn't contribute to os stuff would show a portfolio...
- jaredsohn 14y ago
  >not too sure how someone who doesn't contribute to os stuff would show a portfolio A portfolio can also consist of project writeups/screenshots and/or links to live sites.
cvursache 14y ago
Sorry to point this out, but you sound more like a recruiter than a designer. I'm sure people would answer your questions if you would ask them a little bit less bluntly. My answers to your questions are: 1. I showcase the projects I've been working on 2. I don't describe the projects, just point a link to them, they should describe themselves (README, code comments, etc.) 3. Someone very skilled to make them good money with little hassle
- bdunn 14y ago
  I don't describe the projects, just point a link to them, they should describe themselves... Can't disagree more. If I'm hiring a freelance developer, I want to be assured of their "here's my problem, help me come up with a solution" abilities. Simply linking to an app they build for a client or a Github project doesn't necessarily tell me everything I want to know. Why does this exist, and what problem was it trying to solve? And did it end up solving said problem, if so — how?
  - jalanb 14y ago
    If the readme (or the front facinf page of the project) doesn't answer those questions I wouldn't be interested in it, and even less in its developer.
csixty4 14y ago
I went with case studies for sites & software projects, but those aren't always easy to come up with. It definitely tends to be less of a visual portfolio than a designer's.

by bbx 14y ago

I'm not a developer but a designer. What do developers showcase in their portfolio? How do you describe the projects you've worked on? What is a recruiter looking for when visiting your website?

tomschlick 14y ago

A developers profile these days is mostly just github. Works very well for those of us that contribute back to open source but not too sure how someone who doesn't contribute to os stuff would show a portfolio...

jaredsohn 14y ago
>not too sure how someone who doesn't contribute to os stuff would show a portfolio A portfolio can also consist of project writeups/screenshots and/or links to live sites.

cvursache 14y ago

Sorry to point this out, but you sound more like a recruiter than a designer. I'm sure people would answer your questions if you would ask them a little bit less bluntly. My answers to your questions are: 1. I showcase the projects I've been working on 2. I don't describe the projects, just point a link to them, they should describe themselves (README, code comments, etc.) 3. Someone very skilled to make them good money with little hassle

bdunn 14y ago
I don't describe the projects, just point a link to them, they should describe themselves... Can't disagree more. If I'm hiring a freelance developer, I want to be assured of their "here's my problem, help me come up with a solution" abilities. Simply linking to an app they build for a client or a Github project doesn't necessarily tell me everything I want to know. Why does this exist, and what problem was it trying to solve? And did it end up solving said problem, if so — how?
- jalanb 14y ago
  If the readme (or the front facinf page of the project) doesn't answer those questions I wouldn't be interested in it, and even less in its developer.

csixty4 14y ago

I went with case studies for sites & software projects, but those aren't always easy to come up with. It definitely tends to be less of a visual portfolio than a designer's.