Nice article! I like your perspective on focusing on what matters and investing time in what makes the biggest difference.
Another option is to optimize LinkedIn and GitHub and use the website as more of a platform for writing, sharing your thought process, problem-solving process, and beliefs outside of coding for cultural fit rather than a static portfolio site.
I asked my current boss what the main things were that made him interested in me and he said my website was one of the top things for two reasons:
I used Gatsby, which showed I was interested in learning new and relevant tech
I wrote about personal things which helped him get a glimpse into how much of a cultural fit I would be at the company, which is extremely important
I really like your suggestion about using pre-built templates for personal sites in order to combat the perfectionism and time that goes into creating a unique portfolio site.
My favorite method to do this is to use the Stackbit <-> Dev.to integration with a Gatsby site. Moder, effective tech stack, can get you up and writing really quickly, and the whole thing can be set up in an hour.
I'm writing a post on this exact thing now. Thanks again, I always like unique and potentially controversial perspectives on stuff like this!
Hey Ken! Thanks a lot for your feedback. You're right, a blog or similar has a much higher value than a static portfolio website. It also shows much more. For example, your communication skills or, as you said, problem-solving and thought process. You approach to write about personal things that help to identify cultural fit is very interesting and makes a lot of sense.
Have to check your suggestions about Gatsby/Stackbit/Dev.to. Thinking about re-writing my blog to be more flexible and don't really want to go down the rabbit hole :D
Nice article! I like your perspective on focusing on what matters and investing time in what makes the biggest difference.
Another option is to optimize LinkedIn and GitHub and use the website as more of a platform for writing, sharing your thought process, problem-solving process, and beliefs outside of coding for cultural fit rather than a static portfolio site.
I asked my current boss what the main things were that made him interested in me and he said my website was one of the top things for two reasons:
I used Gatsby, which showed I was interested in learning new and relevant tech
I wrote about personal things which helped him get a glimpse into how much of a cultural fit I would be at the company, which is extremely important
I really like your suggestion about using pre-built templates for personal sites in order to combat the perfectionism and time that goes into creating a unique portfolio site.
My favorite method to do this is to use the Stackbit <-> Dev.to integration with a Gatsby site. Moder, effective tech stack, can get you up and writing really quickly, and the whole thing can be set up in an hour.
I'm writing a post on this exact thing now. Thanks again, I always like unique and potentially controversial perspectives on stuff like this!
Hey Ken! Thanks a lot for your feedback. You're right, a blog or similar has a much higher value than a static portfolio website. It also shows much more. For example, your communication skills or, as you said, problem-solving and thought process. You approach to write about personal things that help to identify cultural fit is very interesting and makes a lot of sense.
Have to check your suggestions about Gatsby/Stackbit/Dev.to. Thinking about re-writing my blog to be more flexible and don't really want to go down the rabbit hole :D
Hi Ken. I improved the post thanks to your feedback. It now mentions that a blog has a different value. Thanks again for the help :)