web dev job checklist
The following are some tasks and excerpts I am using as my guide to secure an opportunity as a Full Stack Ruby Web Developer. These insights are brought to you (via me) and made possible by Barry Clark's very (IMO) informative blog.
Just seeing what kind of work people have done, and what sort of online artifacts they've created, is tremendously helpful in getting a sense of what people do and what they're good (or bad) at. - Jeff Atwood, co-founder, Stack Exchange
employers want to see your work, as live websites, screenshots, git commits, blog posts, presentations, and code snippets. - Barry Clark, dir tech prod, DoSomething.org
Barry recommends the careful curation of ones digital footprint. Specifically, the inclusion of:
- an online portfolio (list of helpful tools here)
- a list of recent projects
- links to Open source project work
- blog posts
- Stack Exchange & other relevant communities i.e. /r/webdev, codepen, dribbble
- SlideShare presentations
He then goes on to advise regarding the packaging of aforementioned footprint. Ones information should be displayed:
- in-line relevant footprint links in your resume
- as a bullet list in cover email
- in the About page on personal site
He wraps up his lesson with a directive to ..
take anything offline that wouldn't be aligned with the company culturally. This includes anything on your:
- personal site/portfolio/blog
- GitHub
- platform specific sites (e.g. Drupal.org)
- online query results (i.e. Google et al)