Re:Ask HN: Lots of front end experience but no portfolio
by mtmail on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:17PM
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Isn't most produced output at work company confidential? A financial analyst won't open books to a new company during an interview. A devops person won't draw complete architecture diagrams either. Personally I don't understand why the web industry seems to think one has to do extra work on evenings and weekends (hobby projects) to be presentable. When somebody tells me they work on an internal tool or intranet of a large company I have to take their word for it, no way they can show me screenshots. At best I'd get a list of technologies used and can ask generic questions about those.
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Re:Ask HN: Lots of front end experience but no portfolio
by valand on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:48AM
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I'm grateful that some companies still offer technical tests and whiteboarding.
Had a mini heart attack everytime I see companies requiring significant open-source contribution.
The horror to imagine in the future when I decide to switch company, I won't be able to because of zero non-scribble repository in my github account.
Re:Ask HN: Lots of front end experience but no portfolio
by hddherman on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @08:15AM
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It most likely depends on the company, too. Big and immensely popular companies might have that as a criteria to filter out all but the very best talent, but smaller yet still great companies might give you a chance if you present yourself as a talented and problem solving type of developer.