@Christopher HuberI see no problem with copying a tutorial project.... more especially for beginners , but messing it up instead of enhancing it with your new ideas is so disrespectful to the instructor . I wanted to use that template but later on I thought thats not cool because almost everybody on brad's channel will use it! Mike Hatch WE love you brooooo
These people do great job at least compared to me, IT culture is not mature enough in my country so portofolio or github open source project is not really a requirement as long as you got degree in computer science you are in, i only print my cv, send it around and im now a developer, dont be too disheartened bro, just shoot your shot
Not to nitpick or anything, but on the first portfolio where you pointed out she missed the capital 'b' in the IMDb, she's actually correct. IMDb uses a lowercase 'b'. Great video!
He also took two and a half minutes to get to the actual content and included a load of unnecessary, random b-roll in the intro, and then proceeded to criticise her for not having a button to link straight to her résumé, and for putting irrelevant information in her about section.
Blake Lawrence it wasn’t too long after this that I found an opportunity. I did, however, change my portfolio up quite a bit from the one on this video. Starting this journey can certainly be overwhelming at times, but just stay focused and consistent with your learning and your hard work will pay off in the end. My advice is to start your portfolio early and get a lot of feedback often and from a lot of different people. Always keep improving on it as you continue to learn. This industry is very exciting, so just make the most of your free time!
@@jawad9757 To become a legit monk, most of the time you're required to get a PhD or become a doctor or something of equivalent worldly value and leave it all behind to prove your understanding of non-attachment.
i don't hate you but i feel " intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury" towards you, not to be hostile or anything though.
Man so many people make tiny mistakes in usability and common sense that are really self-sabotaging their chances. This is a bit encouraging. I feel like once my technical skills are up to par, all I have to do is avoid common sense mistakes, and I'll be able to stand out.
This is actually surprisingly interesting for someone making their own portfolio. I think more so than the person being reviewed, is it gives a lot of examples for people that haven't made one yet, and what to look out for before even beginning to design it.
@@UnderGun81 I've worked on it four solid days and I'm sooooooo close!! I'm having a small issue with GitPages thoooooo... but I'm almost there!!! I'll share the link when it's done and you can tell me what you think?
Radames Vaz thanks for the tip! I'll have to check it out if I can't get my issue resolved. I'm so close, I can almost taste it. I have a goal to have it finished by tomorrow so I can put apps out on Monday... if I can't get it done, I'm gonna head to the site you suggested and give it a go there. Thanks again!!
A lot of these mistakes are understandable because as developers we try to create things to express ourselves..and depending on the personality one can tend to overshare. Some of these items MAY be fine for a personal site/blog but I agree that if these are part of a resume portfolio it should be straight to the point.
Surprising to me that most of these portfolios have so many creative and unique UI elements, but it's all taken away by an unpleasant UX. Maybe its because I'm a native iOS developer, but a good UX with a simple UI seems so much easier to build than bad UX and a complex UI, yet all these portfolios did exactly that.
and that's why web design is a beast in and of itself. you can be amazing with syntax but if you don't have the designing sense, you won't go far by yourself.
This was a reminder to me of what common mistakes one can make. Thank you for this. Talking about portfolios, I think most were the examples of Good UI with Bad UX. The efforts are appreciated tho. I believe the key element to become a good front-end dev is *Empathy.* Everyone needs to work on it, no matter how much we think how naturally empathetic of a person we are.
Basically what I got from this is that its better to hold back on the design, it's nice to try and look different but if it doesn't work then you're better off with a very simple page
@@JoshuaFluke1 I got super lucky landing a front end dev position through my uni a few months months back and with basically no design experience I've just been stumbling my way through it.
Companies and people who push this gamification of interviews and job hunting are a core problem with the job market these days. What ever happened to picking the RIGHT employees? I worked for Wegmans, a family owned grocery chain in the mid/North Atlantic. The core of their hiring process was vetting you as a person because “you can train someone to manage this, stock that, etc. but you can’t teach them to be a good human”, and should you lie your way through and get the job, you’d very quickly be found out by how you perform relative to the long-standing employees. They had the lowest turnover rate I’d ever seen at any company because of this strategy, and because they put employees first.
@@RandyDraytonI'm aware of that. Take note of the "really" in my comment. My point is if he's going to have that question explicitly, in all caps, in the title, viewers are going to expect an explicit answer to it.
@@OrPhEeUs So basically you'll only believe 2+2=4 if someone explicitly tells you instead of hearing "well, 2+1 will only get you 3 and 2+3 will get you 5 so.." I believe we still have the ability to discern without being explicitly told. I get where you're going, but it's not the caveat for me to understand what was presented. Thereby, eliminating your point altogether...if you were aware of all that...
@@RandyDrayton Hmm you don't sound very intelligent. He literally didn't answer the question. Someone could have mistakes like some of these cvs had, but doesn't have any implications as to whether or not they're ready for a job.
@@turdsalami Wow really? Nice intro pal. Clearly you didn't get it either, and that's you, but no need for dung slinging to get your point across. Do you always punch people in the face before arguing face to face with them? lol. Anywho, what's hard to grasp, stating you can still discern a message not verbosely stated? It's called reading between the lines. He's not stating the whole project is job ready, but rather critiquing individual components, saying "don't do this" or offering suggestions. Then, by moving onto the next portfolio, he is implicating it is permissible based on those adjustments. Clear?
Hey Joshua! You are the realest dev youtuber I have ever seen! Thank you for your work, you are really down to earth, smart and understanding the big picture. If I wasnt a broke junior dev, I would totally support you by all means! You deserve a lot for your real help.
Don't ever be afraid to show an employer who you really are. If you want to find an employer that's right for you, why would you fake who you are? I used to do that and would always end up not enjoying my workplace. So as long as what you're into doesn't harm yourself or others, talk about it. You never know, the employer could be into the same type of thing you are and that really could be what gets you the job. You don't want to land the job as someone the employer thought you were and end up being totally different. That could create a lot of tension between you and your employer. Stay true to yourself. The right employer is out there for all of us 🤙🏼
I would've never gotten a job if I mentioned I liked extreme metal, video games, weed and reading about occult, war, psychology and religion all at once (specially in my early 20's). So I had to be as generic as possible as I didn't have a lot of work experience and it was the only way I knew how to make money (otherwise I spent all my time on those aforementioned activities/hobbies and a couple of others).
I look at these portfolios all the time and the skill bar thing is super common. I'm involved with hiring and managers always want to see where you see yourself skill wise and that you're self aware enough to rate yourself accurately
Here at 8:37 I don't really see the problem with the React boilerplate "create-react-app." It's simply just to get a React project setup quickly without having to edit configs and such. From there, the developer creates the website from scratch, just like any other plain HTML + CSS website. The only problem I see with it is not changing the title or favicon.
That little trick with converting the hourly wage to annual salary by multiplying by 2 and adding 4% is pretty cool. It's actually an exact calculation of what you would earn (in thousands) working that hourly for 40 hours/week for the 52 weeks of the year: h*2 + .04(h*2) = 2.08h, * 1000 = 2080h h*40*52= 2080h
So couldn’t you just skip those steps entirely and just multiply the hourly by 2.08 As well as do it in reverse to figure out an hourly, If you knew you wanted to make 100k a year or something.
@@thezyreick4289 Yep! I think it's probably just presented that way because doubling and then adding 4% might be easier to do in your head than multiplying by 2.08, but 2.08 is more direct.
@@goldeternal while his comment was not tasteful, yours is actually worse. Please stop attacking people because you disagree with them in such an excessive manner. Both of you can learn to be more considerate. It is okay not to like something and disagree, it is not cool to be mean spirited for the sake of being mean spirited.
Its funny how people feel about using other people's work here. I used to think I shouldn't, and that I should be both an amazing front-end programmer who can whip the DOM around like a hurricane, AND make Vogue-quality beautiful layouts. Now I realize I just want the pages to be functional, look decent, and render fast. I'm learning a lot about design by doing lots of tutorials, and I keep track of all the code I am coming across. I guess I'm saying I'm not too sure the design is as important as I used to think. Why re-invent the wheel? Just make some banners with some cards and call it a day!
I come from a graphic/ui design background but seeing some of these candidates say they are a developer ((and ui designer)).... the ui is terrible on pretty much all of them. I know nothing about code and dont try to claim i do - 2 different disciplines
@Joshua Fluke Would you mind explaining again how you calculated the hourly rate into an annual salary? Is that the way employers calculate that? It was really interesting to see that and would be really nice to get your take on this it's always hard for new developers to set the correct hourly rate.
this is really interesting, im not going into web development, but I am going into Game Development, so it's nice to see what I should have readily available on my portfolio website.
People should stop using mobile style navigation on desktop websites. Please, if you just have a few pages just put a fixed navbar somewhere with everything we need, don't make us click and navigate a fancy animated hidden menu on desktop.
6:49 is Traversy's CSS portfolio challenge layout. Check it lol. Many people would recognize it as Brad is probably one of the best online teachers out there. it needs some changes...
Found your post interesting to watch. I can't wait to see your new videos soon. Good Luck with the upcoming update. This RU-vid channel is really very informative and effective.
Pretty obviously they aren't. Actually I think Corey B was really close, other than having 2 spellings for his name and being more of a freelance website with freelance pricing.
@@codingxllama I mean personally I feel like if you're going to be a developer and want to demonstrate basic coding competence you shouldn't have a copy-pasted portfolio.
@@KassieJane i differ have u seen pirate of sillicon valley? Copying is not bad u just have to copyit and improve it most stuff u know are made that way
I feel that this portfolios around the web are really repetitive, a huge quantity ends up being like a template. Is really boring to say the truth.😨 I love this video because it gives the people feedback on how to improve.
6:30: Little late to the party, but he saw that in a Brad Traversy's tutorial and I guess he wanted to use it 'cause it looks cool, but without any real update/voting it's doesn't look well there. In fact, the whole site is Brad's. he barely changed it
@@cjdelosreyes2350 Nope. I don't know if that's also a Traversy Media design, but the one I pointed out is from Brad's Portfolio Website with Sass class, specifically the About Page section.
@@cjdelosreyes2350 Is it? Man, that's even worse I mean I really like Brad's tutorials, but I would never used what's basically a copy of his example sites as in my portfolio or main website.
Depends on the work and your skills, the amount of hours Regardless that pricing table is honestly just rude and cynical, there's no way anyone will take that right I get wanting to be unique and practical, but it comes off as selling yourself as just a product, with nonnegotiable terms and conditions You're gonna be working with humans, be one
The biggest thing to take away from this, that was mentioned, but not directly is that the more information you give, gives more room for errors. Try to look at your work from an employer’s point of view. Me as an employer, I will see what your work should be valued at, I know what I am paying, and know what skills can be around what price. If your profile seems like its just too much work to navigate, you may be the best out there but I’m already at the inconvenience. And to those that submitted, great job it takes effort to even do that. Make the changes theyre critiquing and resubmit them, can’t hurt.
As a developer student I know what this guys feels about make their Portfolios, when I start a project. everytime I want to put something cool, but most of the time its a waste of time, because I learn that the simple layout or content is better then you try do something different or out of your skills. Glad to see my perspective about how Portfolios should be done.
SO, my takeaway is that while most of these JRDEVS have the skills to do the work, they severely lack the design skills to back it up. I think they should learn basic graphic and layout design way before they lay down their first line of code. I saw some really cool sites that could have been better with some basic layout and color theory applications.
started learning code yesterday and briefly touched on html after learning an overview of git. i wonder how my website would look like to show my projects and contact infos in the future. heres to hoping i can keep learning and obtain a job in the near future
Actually I am wondering why nobody complained about the missing SSL certificate of so many pages. It is really no hard thing to do and it shows you care about best practices as security, especially if you have anything related to logins and submit forms on your page. For me this would be a deal breaker.
13:25 I think that last option is nice, because you could just set X=9 and you would get 9 pages for 9 hours and an estimated cost of $9, everything included.
I monitor my portfolio traffic. Recruiters almost never look at my work. I interview often and it is not uncommon to be asked , from the interviewer, if I have any work online. I find that the candidates which were hired do not have much in the way of portfolios. They do have gitHub accounts, which I include in my portfolio, but who would know? Typically, if I get to a physical interview, I'm given an assignment, told to code something, or write something on a board. It would be great if employers had seen my best work, but I can't control them not researching anything before we talk.
4:05 css grid can fix that uneven grid height 10:09 not that his site will be properly responsive, but sometimes you have to refresh to get the site to render correctly when changing devices, drives me nuts at work regularly. 14:43 perhaps separate the portfolio site from the freelance lander, the two combined doesn't work
