It's easy to get distracted tweaking it and having it take the blame for why you might not be having more interviews.
I only have a portfolio because there has been a good handful of job applications that HAVE required a "personal website / portfolio".
I can see that not everyone needs a portfolio.
Typically web developers, front end, and full stack have a portfolio. Where most of the reasoning behind it is simply influence from social media where people mention it's a good way to stand out.
From the amount of research I've done trying to find portfolios from back end developers it seems like they don't share the ideology that it's a good thing to have.
I think it might boil down to the possibility that they typically don't have an option to include a "personal website" on a lot of their job applications, that's my reasoning for having a portfolio.
For ~3 months now, I have been building https://www.webportfolios.dev - a place for showcasing developer portfolios.Within this amount of time, I have occasionally tried to find portfolios from back end developers to reach out to, but I've noticed that they are surprisingly rare compared to front-end or full-stack portfolios. This got me wondering—do back-end developers even bother creating...
Looking to help/provide feedback for users developer portfolios.I've helped around ~100 developers and have seen hundreds of portfolios recently.No promotion here, just share your link and I'll respond to everyones portfolio.
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