Why a student site is worth it before the first job
The portfolio isn't a reward for landing the role. Increasingly, it's how you land it.
There's a persistent myth that a personal site is something you build once you've 'made it'. In practice, the site is often what gets you there — particularly for students competing against hundreds of near-identical CVs.
A recruiter scanning applications has seconds per candidate. A link to a considered site is a rare signal: it says you take your own presentation seriously, which suggests you'll take the work seriously too.
You don't need a decade of projects. One coursework piece, explained well — the brief, your thinking, the outcome — outperforms a list of skills every time. Show the reasoning, not just the result.
Start before you feel ready. The site compounds: every month it exists is a month it can be found, shared and remembered.
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