Best of luck. I’m currently doing something very similar too. I’m creating a YNAB (You Need A Budget) clone. Not because I want to put it on my resume but because I want to create a much cheaper alternative to YNAB or EveryDollar. I personally don’t see the point in cloning a site for the sake of putting it on your resume. To me it’s more impressive to showoff a complete product where you’re making money.
When I was looking for a job I did the following things...
Made a Linkedin account
Got a professional picture (Don’t forget to smile, show people you’re friendly)
You can try reaching out to recruiters on LinkedIn however I never had any luck with them. So what I did was I reached out to companys I would like to work for. If they had job openings listed on their website I would apply if they don’t I would email them and ask.
Whenever I would apply for jobs and if I haven’t heard anything back within a week I would email the company or give them a call and ask if they had the chance to review my job application. Wanted to show I was very interested.
Polished up my resume (had several people look at it, get some feedback)
Made a personal website / portfolio website
(Which is open source)
I think it's fun cloning things, especially if you're trying to learn a new technology or seeing if you can implement a certain feature. I would agree that it is so much more impressive if you have a product that people use and pay for.
Thank You for the tips! I definitely should email companies back after not hearing from them in awhile. I'll try to do more of points 3 and 4.
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Best of luck. I’m currently doing something very similar too. I’m creating a YNAB (You Need A Budget) clone. Not because I want to put it on my resume but because I want to create a much cheaper alternative to YNAB or EveryDollar. I personally don’t see the point in cloning a site for the sake of putting it on your resume. To me it’s more impressive to showoff a complete product where you’re making money.
When I was looking for a job I did the following things...
That at least got me infront of the employer.
I think it's fun cloning things, especially if you're trying to learn a new technology or seeing if you can implement a certain feature. I would agree that it is so much more impressive if you have a product that people use and pay for.
Thank You for the tips! I definitely should email companies back after not hearing from them in awhile. I'll try to do more of points 3 and 4.