Looking for Feedback on My Junior Frontend Portfolio
I'm a non-CS major and have been learning for about a year. I'm now preparing my resume and portfolio. My portfolio mainly consists of two React projects, but honestly, I was so focused on getting features to work that I feel my code quality and overall design are lacking.
I think I need to highlight how I improved state management and reusability, but I can't figure out the right direction on my own. I'm curious what experienced developers in the field consider the most important points in a junior portfolio.
Since this is a career change, I'm also worried about my age, and I'm wondering whether I should attend another bootcamp even now.
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I wouldn't recommend taking yet another bootcamp. Rather, use that time to refactor your code and organize the reasoning behind your design decisions—it'll help you way more in interviews lol.
Well, as someone who evaluates portfolios for non-CS majors and junior developers, the most important thing I look for isn't the 'features'—it's whether you can explain the reasoning behind your implementation choices. For state management, try refactoring something with Zustand and write up the pros and cons. You don't need to go through another bootcamp, and age is not an issue at all.
If you've been doing it for a year, shouldn't coding tests be more urgent than portfolio projects now? Before worrying about age, get past the resume screening first. These days, juniors don't get hired based on portfolios.