Nobody tells you when you start coding:
Building the product is the easy part. Marketing is a whole different skill.
I built a school platform solo - enrollment, dashboards, blog, payments, attendance. The code I can handle. Getting people to find it? That's the hard part. ๐
Years ago I built a portfolio with a template and didn't take it seriously. Now I get it. Brought it back, added Google Analytics and Formspree for contact forms.
Not perfect. But it's live and it works. Every developer needs a portfolio. Not a perfect one. Just one that exists.
I upgraded my CV recently. Looked back at my old one and wanted to throw it in the trash. ๐ญ
What I changed:
โ Removed the objective nobody reads
โ Used action verbs
โ Added real numbers
โ Made my projects impossible to ignore
Your CV is your first impression. Make it count