Software Developer Portfolio Reviews | One of the most creative developer portfolios I’ve ever seen

More developer portfolio reviews! This week's entries had one of the most creative and impressive projects I've seen so far. A huge theme for this video is marketing yourself in the best light possible as each one of these portfolios is job-ready, to me, with a few tweaks.
Thanks again to everyone who sends these in.
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[@StanknRankin]

As an outsider trying to break into this field, this channel is a gem. It has really helped me gauge my skill and get over 'imposter syndrome'... Now I'm kicking myself for not applying for jobs earlier! I couldn't be more thankful for what you're doing!

[@nateF888]

checkout joshua fluke too.

[@thomasintraining2069]

how is your journey going?

[@callous21]

Update? Still an outsider?

[@FIREHIVE]

I always like watching these review videos, atm I'm building my own portfolio and got a lot of tips from these videos, what to include, mistakes to avoid etc. Great work!

[@papajohnsuk5965]

Always enjoy watching these

[@sarahmartin1533]

Darian you should do another video like this at the end of the year showcasing the top 5 best portfolios you reviewed during the year!

[@obey_giant]

Love these videos! Going to start my portfolio soon and it’s really helpful

[@neohikari1642]

this was very helpful to watch!

[@sidrahabdullah5085]

That is legit good! I have shared the review links with my students too!

[@richardhorvatichfittrader]

Wow a website builder, impressive!

[@Shourya_performs]

Thanks for this video. I was looking for what kind of content I must add to my portfolio. This is really helpful. But god damn those skilllllllllllllllllllllllllllss that they have flaunted..

[@sabririhab9383]

these videos are so priceless ! I hope you do one soon so i can submit my portfolio, i recently graduated from uni as a software engineer and would love some feedback since i m really scared about applying.

[@user-gd9iq7kr8y]

Hey Darian, I am working on my website, i hope you continue making these review videos so that I can submit mine in a couple weeks or three.

[@DarianSampare]

Based on how many people send them in, I think it’s safe to say I will be!

[@FIREHIVE]

Same story here! Good luck on yours! Hope we get to see ours in a vid haha.

[@user-gd9iq7kr8y]

@@DarianSampare that's awesome, thanks!

[@user-gd9iq7kr8y]

@@FIREHIVE I watched all his previous review videos, so that I don't repeat those same mistakes...Will build one or two worthy projects to include in... Yup, it'll feel great to see ours on youtube😄

[@1980Dunks]

Hey Darian, thankyou for the review, I have added some descriptions for the projects, I plan on making the main site page better soon and making the repositories available.

[@DarianSampare]

Your projects are insane, you’re gonna be a in a great place once you make those changes.

[@vk-fb4ox]

Bruh. Unreal pages. How long did it take you to get to this level?

[@1980Dunks]

@@vk-fb4ox Thanks, Domposer took 6 months but is still ongoing when I get the time, I didnt know javascript before making this only html css, I built it in my spare time when not working a full time hotel job, I did actually get my web dev job off the back of this, the other projects are just bits and pieces I have done in my spare time. I was actually made a senior recently. Domposer was created before I had a web dev job and is coming on 4 years ago now, I'm going to have a go at rebuilding again is abit of a monolith and alot has changed since it was created.

[@lyrichouse4866]

@@1980Dunks hey you made it with Grape js?

[@1980Dunks]

@@lyrichouse4866 No, I made it with vanilla javascript and a few utility library's, I wasn't aware of GrapeJS until now.

[@dlongodesign7026]

I took so many notes

[@mafiakingc]

Getting inspired....

[@rfryanfavour4369]

For se reasons I'm following you... you feel like a more reasonable dev content creator

[@plorandi]

Hey Darian, nice review as always! Could you please elaborate on why you think it’s a bad idea to put personal photos on the portfolio?

[@DarianSampare]

People have unconscious biases, even the best of people without knowing it, we’re wired that way by nature. What if they assume you’re too young? Too old? What if you look like a guy they really hate and it triggers them, what if they think you’re too good looking and in shape to be a stereo typical back end engineer. All these are crappy things to say, and might not matter, but my point is it doesn’t help you and can only hurt you to put it there. It shouldn’t matter what I look like if I can do the job.

[@plorandi]

@@DarianSampare thanks man! I really appreciate it!

[@tooovisibletosee]

Hi, did you build the algorithm visualizer app?

[@ranvirsingh3295]

Hey It would be great if you add timestamps in your description.

[@vk-fb4ox]

You need to do all of this for a junior position? Jesus christ

[@DarianSampare]

Nah, you don’t have to, you do all this to get any Junior position that you want.

[@jcpluto4555]

honestly id argue that if you have these levels of skills a junior position is lowballing yourself crazy.

[@GusMontoyadaisosasen02]

You have a pretty big backlog. Also congrats on your girlfriends new job :)

[@DarianSampare]

Ha! Thanks I’ll pass that along 😂

[@jesulobajohn8468]

Hey Darian, what would you say about frontend mentor projects

[@DarianSampare]

I've never used it before myself, but I know co-workers who have said really good things. Like any other project though, make it your own if you want to really learn from it and put it on your resume/portfolio.

[@SquaredbyX]

On the serious side, what's the problem with everyone having a movie app? What else should one want to see on it? I don't have the perspective of an employer... but how much more do you have to do to prove that you can do the job?

[@JEsterCW]

Everybody does it, recruiters dont really care about these

[@SquaredbyX]

@@JEsterCW Well, I could be just as wrong as I think I am correct, but what's the actual difference between that app and another. What is the perspective I'm missing if the technical details are there in the project?

[@ecaIos]

@@SquaredbyX I feel like it’s mainly how the api is being used. All this guy did was display it on the page and filter through it. You have to get creative with the ways you’re implementing this data.

[@alber_rs6]

It's funny that you say that YOU did a pathfinding visualizer project when it is an exact copy of Clement Mihailescu's one

[@chilly2171]

Very funny to see people critiquing portfolios of SWEs with more experience hahaha.

[@jcpluto4555]

could you explain why you don't like seeing pictures of the person in the site?

[@DarianSampare]

I talk about it in past videos!

[@davidnkana5314]

Hi, how can I send my portfolio for you to review, I just can't seem to get hired

[@loyalproducers691]

Did you get hired?

[@jesulobajohn8468]

Is this still Darian?

[@DarianSampare]

I think so? Unless I was cloned and don’t know it yet. I’ve seen too many 90s movies to rule that out.

[@jesulobajohn8468]

You look so different with your beards off

[@haddoufamillly7032]

ok at 26:43 you where talking about how much he was putting in his portfolio but you did not see that he has ADHD ? no wonder he had his site packed

[@moestaxx286]

how do you even make a website builder? lmao wtf