Ask HN: How do you build a portfolio...

6 pointsyen2231 comment

...when almost all the code you've written in your career are proprietary?

Should I start building side projects? I'm worried that people will start judging my work based on the project I spent 10 hours/week on, instead of the one I spent 40 hours/week on. How does one avoid that?

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I show projects that I've worked on and make sure to state that this was at an X company, and the code is their property. I identify the parts I took part in. Never found any issues with it.

Freelance or side projects are also a huge plus so definitely dive into either.

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