
Portfolio Website Design & Build
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Project Introduction
Professional resumes never quite jived with me.
All the rules and best practices are understandable given the hiring process, but most applicants stop there, which fails to address the key issues inherent to a resume.
Should a hiring manager's eye be caught by a resume, one's career and abilities are only summarized by a single page. While most cite the interview as the opportunity to shed more light than what a resume can do, it puts A LOT of pressure on both sides in the interview to get it right.
A better approach, made popular by the design industry, is the use of a portfolio.
"The portfolio takes a potential client or employer deeper, so they can actually feel and visualize what it's like to work with you, creatively and professionally, and then lets them experience your results."
Suddenly the hiring manager can validate an applicant's fit with a higher degree of certainty even before the interview. Interviewees can now address specifics instead of feeling the need to communicate all they can do in a single sitting.
As I noticed more and more data professionals share and contribute to their portfolio, I set a goal to create this powerful asset for myself.
Situation
As an impending graduate, career paths began staring my in the face and I realized it was time to create a portfolio. I had loads of personal, work, and school projects piling up without any structure to effectively communicate what was done and why it mattered. I also had large goals for future projects that would be best tackled with a portfolio already in place.
Task
The task was simple in theory: setup a portfolio site suited for data projects. Defining whe scope of the site in terms of what I needed and what it would take to accomplish excalated in complexity in short order.
My task was to distill my vision, specifically targeting the most essential elements and prioritize the rest, so that I could manage the project with whomever I enlished to develop it. I had the options of outside help or myself. I needed to vet the different options and deploy within my schedule and resources.
Action
I was able to define my vision and outline the scope of the project enough to understand myself and communicate to others. Quickly I discovered the funds required to achieve even the simplest of my goals was expensive. After some trial and error, I took on the development myself, opting to sacrifice schedule instead of scope and resources.
Below in the project components you'll see much of the action that I took, though not everything could be documented nor did that matter since the results speak for themselves.
I'm constantly looking for ways to improve the site, be them in content, framework, or features. Some of them will be noticeable straight away while others are encapsulated from view. Follow all of my portfolio adventures in the project components below.
Result
The results of my work are seen and experienced throughout the whole site. Every blog post, every design, every functionality was crafted by yours truly. I was inspired by many other designers, developers, and data folks throughout the industry and their generousity in sharing their work was a key component of making this possible.
This project has inspired me to hone my web development skills over time as a hobby and use it as a tool to enhance my current and future data skills and projects.
Project Components
- Website Conceptual and Design
- Portfolio References Section
- Tutorials and Customization - Coming Soon!
- Blog/Project Post Process - Coming Soon!
- Overview of Site Tech Stack - Coming Soon!