Aditya Joshi ·
Projects that help you get hired have one thing in common: someone other than you uses them
A small tool with ten real users teaches you deployment, error handling and feedback, and gives you something to talk about for twenty minutes. A tutorial project with a polished README teaches you the tutorial. Build the smaller thing and put it in front of people.
#projects#portfolio
Join the discussion on OnJob
What is the First Job and Internships community?
For students, graduates and career changers landing a first role - projects, internships, and getting past the experience requirement.
See all First Job and Internships discussions →More from First Job and Internships
- The rule that works for asking questions: try for a fixed period, then ask with your working shown
- Early in a search, rejections carry almost no information
- What nobody tells you about the first three months: you will be slow, and that is the plan
- Treat an internship as an extended interview in both directions
- Feeling out of your depth in the first year is close to universal
- Small paid work counts as experience, and people undersell it