4 Portfolio Projects for an Aspiring Web Designer

4 Portfolio Projects for an Aspiring Web Designer4 Portfolio Projects for an Aspiring Web DesignerYouve learned enough to start coding like a pro. The next step? Get hired. If you dont have any professional experience yet, it may seem difficult to build a portfolio. Fear not There are many different things you can add to your portfolio that you probably have made already or can build in almost no time. 1. The Ideal Website (For Your Brand) A simple project to start off with is to construct what your idea of an ideal website design would look like. This gives you the chance to showcase all of the range you have in one project. Sometimes this project could be considered your entire portfolio website design. There are many resources online that collect great portfolios so you can channel some inspiration. Feel free to explore and be creative. But be sure not to confuse with the katechese youre trying to convey. The goal is to be accessible and unique, not confusing. 2. Redesign a n Existing Template Take a popular site and redesign it. Simple enough, right? Its something you may have to do when you get a job, so you might as well start with it in your portfolio. This can demonstrate your range as a website designer as well as your ability to modify an existing idea to improve it for user consumption. Also, there are tons of different options you can choose from for your redesign. Deepina Kapila writes I once interviewed a self-taught developer who learned to code over the summer and had redesigned the New York Times website on his portfolio. It welches amazing. He thought through every detail how it looked on tablets and mobile phones, what the app experience was like, how comments and threading worked in his solution and lots more. It was the only project in his portfolio but of course it was so thorough and thoughtfully presented, it was all he needed to get the job. The other bonus to this project is that if you redesign a companys site, you may be abl e to approach the business later and sell the design. Or pick up a new job. Its a win-win. 3. Clone a Popular Site Some online coding courses have a project that requires you to clone an existing website. Its a great learning tool and not a bad thing to include in your portfolio. It may seem cliche and boring, but its a good learning experience. Moreover, it demonstrates that youre capable of building something just as good as the site you cloned. 4. Build a Small UI Piece A small UI feature, like a contact us form or a slideshow, is just as good as a website. It shows that youre able to handle small projects as well as large ones. Using a service like Codepen or GitHub make it simple to show viewers how you accomplished what you did. Conclusion While these four projects are great examples of what you can include in your portfolio, dont limit yourself to just these. Use your instincts and remember to tailor the portfolio youre making for what you want to accomplish full- time employment, freelancing, etc.

Promotion in Place

Promotion in PlacePromotion in PlaceSomeone who receives a vorrcken in place is in a scenario where the upgrade in employment comes withoutchanging jobs. The person in question receives a more prestigious job title, and frequently also gets the increased compensation that comes along with the new title, but remains in his or her current position, often with little or no adjustment to his or her job description or work duties. There are two common scenarios for promotions in place. Scenario Number One The company in question offers a variety of job titles that essentially are honorifics that recognize excellence or seniority, in plus-rechnen to the more traditional titles that roughly correspond to ones rank in the firms managerial hierarchy. For example, during this writers tenure at Merrill Lynch, the firm created a job title called Director that essentially welches a higher grade of Vice President. The Director title was granted in recognition of excellent performance over an e xtended period. No hard and fast parameters were set, but approximately 10 years as a Vice President seemed to be the unstated minimum before one could be considered a serious candidate for the Director title. Being promoted to Director did not necessarily denote leadership of a larger or more important organization that would be headed by someone with a Vice President title. Indeed, many of those named Directors managed relatively small staffs some, in fact, were essentially individual contributors with minimal supervisory responsibilities. Similarly, the vast majority of people who moved up from Assistant Vice President to Vice President did so while remaining in the same job, with the same responsibilities. One normally became eligible for this very common promotion in place after completing an unspecified number of years with the firm, and after receiving consistently high-performance reviews. Note, meanwhile, that persons hired from the outside who held Vice President or equiva lent titles with other firms typically would expect to receive a Vice President designation as a condition of hiring. At the old Western Electric division of ATT (later spun off as Lucent Technologies), this writer saw a similar system of recognition titles. In particular, non-engineering technical and professional staff general held the job title of Information Systems Staff Member (ISSM). A few long-serving employees were designated Information Systems Senior Staff Members (ISSSM). While these individuals typically had become important subject matter experts and showed leadership qualities among their peers, they nonetheless usually were not in formal supervisory positions of any sort. The loftier title, in fact, typically was the only outward distinction between their peers and them. Scenario Number Two The workgroup, department or organization in question has been upgraded in status, for any of a number of reasons. As a result, the head thereof may receive an upgraded job ti tle in consequence. This scenario is not nearly as common as the first, but it is seen from time to time. One situation in which you might see this variation is in the aftermath of a corporate merger. To harmonize job titles across the merged entities, certain people working in the acquired firm (or junior partner in the merger) might end up receiving apparently loftier titles while seeing nothing else change regarding their positions. Additionally, handing out fancier titles to those whose company has been acquired can be a way to soothe anxieties and paper over the fact that they actually have lost status.

195 words to keep in mind when you are feeling down

195 words to keep in mind when you are feeling down195 words to keep in mind when you are feeling downIve always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.- ?Jermaine Cole (J Cole),musicianMaybe you think its easy.Maybe you had rich parents.Maybe you inherited the perfect network.Maybe you were able to party through school and still get what you want.Maybe you simply have enough raw talent to get by.Maybe you dont have to worry about the future.Maybe you already achieved all you desire.Maybe youre leid like me.But maybe Maybe you have idea and nothing else.Maybe you count on your creativity to keep you alive.Maybe you cant imagine one more second stuck in a job you hate.Maybe you are insane enough to believe your dream is worth pursuit.Maybe you realized, suffocating under an avalanche of meaningless days which turned into meaningless years, that Comfort is a misleading swindler and its twitchy, nervous twin brother Safety is even more crooked.Or maybe you hadnt realized that yet . Dont worry, you will soon.Maybe your inner voice tells you dont give up yet.Maybe that voice is telling you the truth.Maybe you think you were born for more.There is a reason for that.You are.Recently, a random person pushed me across the 50,000 follower() mark on Medium. I wish I knew who it was. So much influence is insane to me.Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.I think it happened because I do things like thisIf you are struggling now, if you need encouragement, text me today. Here is my personal cell phone number. I will get back to you as soon as possible6154283309(And I figured out how to use WhatsApp this time apologies to all the messages I missed last time)I love you. I believe in you. You will change the world.Much love,- Todd BThis article was originally published on Medium.