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Unit 08 Project 1 Homework: Professional Materials

Now that you've had some practice with APIs and have a project to share, you'll be updating your portfolio page and other materials to build toward being employer competitive.

If you are opting out of career services, this is still a required assignment. Part of being a web developer means being a part of a community. Having a place to share your projects is necessary if you're applying for jobs, but is still critical on your journey as a developer.

Requirements

  • Submit an updated portfolio featuring project 1 and two exemplary homework assignments.

  • Submit an updated GitHub profile with pinned repositories featuring project 1 and two exemplary assignments.

  • Submit an updated resume

  • Submit an updated LinkedIn profile

Grading

Requirement Weight
Portoflio 30%
GitHub Profile 30%
Resume 30%
LinkedIn Profile 10%

Instructions

  1. Updated Portfolio
  2. GitHub Profile
  3. Updated Resume
  4. Updated LinkedIn

Updated Portfolio

💁 Need help updating your Portfolio? Check out the Career Services milestone resources for online presence.

Your updated portfolio should contain the following:

  1. Your full name

  2. Links to your GitHub profile & LinkedIn page as well as your email address and phone number

  3. A link to a PDF of your resume

  4. A list of 3-5 projects. For each project, make sure you have the following:

    • Project title

    • Link to the deployed version

    • Link to the GitHub repository

    • Screenshot of the deployed application

  5. Ensure that your portfolio is free of grammar and spelling mistakes

Design

Unfortunately, this is where it gets a little bit subjective. Your site should look "polished." Here are a few guidelines on what that means:

  • Mobile-first design
  • Choose a color palette for your site so it doesn't just look like the default bootstrap theme or an unstyled HTML site.
  • Make sure the font size is large enough to read, and that the colors don't cause eye strain.

Updated GitHub Profile

Employers (and potential collaborators) will look at your GitHub profile, so put your best face forward. If you haven't yet, now is the time to update the following in your GitHub profile:

  1. Professional profile picture

    • A photo or an image other than the default Github identicon. (a semi-professional to professional photo or an avatar photo are preferred)

  2. Biography

  3. Your current location

  4. Email address

  5. Link to your portfolio

  6. Pin 3-6 repositories that you want to highlight

    • Navigate to GitHub and go to your profile.

    • Click "Customize your pins"

    • Click the checkboxes for your project and 2-3 homework assignments that you would like to share

    • Make sure each of these projects is deployed and add a link to the deployed project in their README files

  7. Follow your classmates. They are the beginning of your professional network and being a developer is as much about being a part of the community as it is writing code.

  8. README files. Every pinned project should contain a README file with:

    • Title of app
    • Live link to deployed app
    • List of technologies used
    • 1-2 sentences explaining what the app is
    • 2-3 Screenshots / gifs of the app
    • License (usually MIT)
    • Contact information for you and any collaborators

  9. Commit history. Every pinned repository should have at least 20 commits

3. Updated Resume

💁 Need help building a resume? Check out the Career Services milestone resources.

Submit a clear, concise and compelling resume, tailored to the type of job you’re looking for.

Your resume should include:

  • a heading with your name, phone number, professional email address, links to LinkedIn, portfolio and GitHub

  • technical skills section, with all programming languages and technologies listed

  • 3 of your strongest projects/homework assignments with brief description, languages used, and URL

4. Updated LinkedIn Profile

💁 Need help updating your LinkedIn? Check out the Career Services milestone resources for online presence.

Update your LinkedIn Profile with a strong bio statement, a professional photo, and links to your Github and portfolio.

⭐ 5. For Job-Seeking Students (BONUS)

If you are a job-seeking student, then getting yourself marked as employer-ready is an important step to take because you'll get:

  • added to our employer referral list where we'll help match you with employers for int`erviews

  • exclusive access to workshops for employer-ready students

  • a statistically higher success rate in your job search

So if you are going to be looking for a job at the end of bootcamp, go ahead and submit these updated items to your Career Materials Advisor (formerly, Profile Coach) via BootcampSpot.

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