How To Show That You Code
Before I decided to pursue becoming a software engineer, I watched a ten hour video series of someone documenting their experience at Hack Reactor. A small piece of advice embedded in the series was to build a complete LinkedIn profile. That’s how I started. Here are a few ways beyond that to publicly document your professional development.
GitHub
Of course you should be posting your side projects, but you can also commit exercise files you work through when completing coursework, like from Udemy, Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, etc. With each new video in a series, make a new commit with a descriptive summary. It’s a bit of a superficial way to show activity, but it shows just that: activity. It’s also a handy way to go over what you’ve learned, step by step.
YouTube
Record your screen as you code and yourself as you explain your logic in plain language. A job interview functions to evaluate your ability to reason, as well as to communicate. Creating videos will force you to do both, as well as show up on Google if an employer searches your name.
Bonus tip: don’t rely on certifications. They add keywords to your profile and an overinflated sense of understanding that doesn’t hold up to a whiteboard.
