UX / UI Design Portfolio Review (2024). GOOD and BAD examples.

Gytis Mark
24 Feb 202420:21

Summary

TLDREn este video, Gus, un diseñador de productos y líder de equipos de diseño, comparte sus conocimientos como gerente de contratación para ayudar a los diseñadores UX a destacar sus portafolios. Destaca la importancia de una estructura interesante, detalles personales y un proceso de diseño claro. Gus revisa portafolios, enfocándose en aspectos como la presentación de proyectos, la importancia de la investigación y la reflexión en el aprendizaje. Ofrece consejos prácticos para mejorar la presentación y la narrativa detrás del trabajo, enfatizando la necesidad de una actualización periódica y una presentación que refleje la evolución y habilidades del diseñador.

Takeaways

  • 😀 Un portafolio atractivo comienza con una pantalla de carga interesante, lo que indica creatividad y originalidad.
  • 🔍 Se valora una estructura básica clara en los portafolios, con una introducción, proyectos y pie de página.
  • 🌟 Incluir detalles personales y experiencias únicas puede ayudar a que el portafolio se destaque y refleje la personalidad del diseñador.
  • 🧠 Utilizar un cursor interesante y elementos gráficos creativos puede capturar la atención del visitante desde el principio.
  • 🌐 Conocer y mostrar la relación con la investigación y el mundo de la ciencia puede ser un punto diferenciador en un portafolio.
  • 💡 Muestra tus sueños y objetivos para que el visitante comprenda tus motivaciones y metas profesionales.
  • 🔍 Permitir que los visitantes accedan directamente a la sección de alta fidelidad del proyecto puede ser una ventaja para aquellos con prisa.
  • 📚 Incluir reflexiones y aprendizajes del proyecto demuestra un proceso de pensamiento crítico y capacidad de aprendizaje.
  • 🎨 Utilizar storyboards para presentar ideas puede ser una herramienta efectiva para comunicar rápidamente la idea del producto.
  • 👤 En la sección de identidad, ser conciso y mostrar tus intereses y habilidades puede ayudar a que los visitantes te conozcan mejor.
  • 🔗 Ofrecer una llamada a la acción clara y un enlace a tu perfil de LinkedIn puede fomentar la interacción y el contacto profesional.

Q & A

  • ¿Qué tipo de información busca Gus al revisar un portafolio de UX?

    -Gus busca ver la estructura, la creatividad, la identidad y el proceso de trabajo del diseñador. También está interesado en la capacidad del diseñador para presentar sus ideas, su proceso de toma de decisiones y en cómo aprendió y creció a través de sus proyectos.

  • ¿Por qué Gus considera importante tener un portafolio que destaque?

    -Gus menciona que un portafolio que destaque puede capturar su interés y hacer que un empleador o contratante pase más tiempo explorando el trabajo del candidato, en lugar de pasar rápidamente a otra opción.

  • ¿Qué le gusta de la sección de investigación en el portafolio que Gus revisa?

    -A Gus le gusta que el portafolio incluya una sección de investigación que muestre cómo el diseñador se relaciona con el mundo y cómo su perspectiva única le permite visualizar soluciones creativas que equilibran la forma y la función.

  • ¿Qué sugerencia da Gus para mejorar la sección de 'Acerca de mí' en un portafolio?

    -Gus sugiere que en lugar de usar frases genéricas, los diseñadores deberían contar un poco sobre sí mismos de una manera más personal e interesante, para capturar la atención del revisor desde el principio.

  • ¿Qué tipo de detalles debería incluir un portafolio para mostrar la evolución de un proyecto?

    -Un portafolio debería incluir detalles sobre el proceso de investigación, la creación de perfiles de usuario, la storyboarding, y los aprendizajes del proyecto, para demostrar cómo el diseñador llegó a las soluciones finales.

  • ¿Por qué Gus recomienda tener un enlace a un perfil de LinkedIn en el portafolio?

    -Gus recomienda incluir un enlace a LinkedIn para que los revisores puedan obtener más información sobre la trayectoria profesional del diseñador y ver su red de contactos y experiencias laborales.

  • ¿Qué le preocupa a Gus al ver un portafolio que parece ser muy básico y poco personalizado?

    -Gus se preocupa porque un portafolio básico puede no reflejar las habilidades y el crecimiento del diseñador a lo largo de su carrera, lo que puede resultar en una mala impresión para los empleadores.

  • ¿Qué sugerencia da Gus para presentar prototipos en un portafolio?

    -Gus sugiere incluir capturas de pantalla o videos que muestren cómo funciona el prototipo, ya que no todos los revisores pueden usar herramientas como Figma para interactuar con el prototipo directamente.

  • ¿Qué piensa Gus sobre la inclusión de un apartado de 'Experiencia' en un portafolio?

    -Gus aprecia una sección de 'Experiencia' que sea concisa y que muestre claramente dónde y durante cuánto tiempo ha trabajado el diseñador, con un enlace a su perfil de LinkedIn para más detalles.

  • ¿Qué le enseña a Gus sobre la personalidad y los intereses del diseñador el apartado de 'Identidad' en el portafolio?

    -El apartado de 'Identidad' muestra a Gus las actividades y pasatiempos del diseñador fuera del trabajo, lo que le ayuda a formar una imagen más completa de quién es el diseñador y sus intereses personales.

Outlines

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🧑‍🎨 Introducción del Diseñador de Producto

Gus, un diseñador de productos con experiencia liderando equipos de diseño y contratando a muchos diseñadores UX, comparte su conocimiento sobre cómo hacer que un portafolio se destaque. Él destaca la importancia de una página de inicio interesante y una estructura básica clara en un portafolio, así como la inclusión de elementos que muestren la personalidad del diseñador.

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🌍 Experiencia y Perspectiva Global

La candidata ha vivido en cinco ciudades en tres continentes, lo que le ha permitido observar y adaptarse a diversas culturas y disciplinas. Su sueño es usar la tecnología para empoderar a las personas, contar historias y mejorar el bienestar. Este enfoque único y sus experiencias diversas la hacen destacar, aunque Gus sugiere que podría hacerlo aún más personal.

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📚 Proyecto Yamaya: Detalles y Reflexiones

El primer proyecto revisado es 'Yamaya', una aplicación de empoderamiento para el embarazo, desarrollada en 10 semanas como parte de una competencia estudiantil. Gus aprecia la capacidad de la candidata para permitir saltar rápidamente a diseños de alta fidelidad y su reflexión sobre el aprendizaje obtenido del proyecto, lo cual demuestra una buena capacidad de retroalimentación y mejora continua.

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🔍 Proceso de Diseño y Usuarios

Gus analiza el proceso de diseño del proyecto, destacando la diversidad de usuarios entrevistados y la creación de personajes de usuario. Aunque cuestiona la necesidad de cuatro personajes, valora la inclusión de storyboard como una herramienta útil para presentar ideas. Gus sugiere simplificar aún más la información presentada para una mayor claridad.

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🎨 Identidad y Personalidad del Diseñador

La sección de identidad de la candidata proporciona una visión concisa de sus intereses y actividades creativas, como la música y la fotografía, además de su experiencia profesional. Gus aprecia el enfoque personal y la inclusión de una foto más informal en la página de contacto, lo que muestra su personalidad y diferentes intereses.

🗽 Portafolio de Evan: Primera Impresión

Gus revisa el portafolio de Evan, otro diseñador UX/UI, y critica su falta de originalidad y profundidad. Destaca la importancia de una introducción interesante y personalizada, en lugar de descripciones genéricas y plantillas. Gus sugiere que Evan debería rediseñar su portafolio para reflejar mejor su nivel de habilidad y experiencia.

📈 Proyecto de Evan: Comentarios y Sugerencias

Gus revisa uno de los proyectos de Evan, señalando la falta de detalle en el proceso de diseño y la necesidad de más contexto sobre las decisiones tomadas. Sugiere que Evan debería enfocarse en explicar sus decisiones de diseño y proporcionar más información sobre el contexto del proyecto para hacerlo más atractivo y comprensible.

🎥 Conclusión y Llamado a la Acción

Gus concluye el video animando a los espectadores a suscribirse a su canal si les gusta el contenido y a dejar comentarios si desean que su portafolio sea revisado en futuros videos.

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Portfolio

Un 'Portfolio' es una colección de trabajos que demuestra las habilidades y la trayectoria profesional de un diseñador. En el video, el portafolio es el foco principal ya que Gus, quien es un diseñador de productos y gerente de equipo de diseño, revisa y analiza portafolios de UX para brindar consejos sobre cómo hacer que los portafolios se destaquen, como cuando menciona 'hoping that will help you to make your portfolio stand out'.

💡Hiring Manager

Un 'Hiring Manager' es la persona encargada de contratar nuevos empleados en una empresa. En el contexto del video, Gus comparte su experiencia como Hiring Manager y ofrece consejos basados en su experiencia en la selección de portafolios de diseñadores UX, como cuando dice 'working as a hiring manager'.

💡UX Designers

Los 'UX Designers' son profesionales dedicados a diseñar interfaces de usuario que sean intuitivas y agradables para el usuario final. El video se centra en el proceso de contratación y selección de estos diseñadores, y Gus revisa portafolios de UX para evaluar a los candidatos, como se refleja en 'hired many UX designers'.

💡Design Teams

Los 'Design Teams' son grupos de profesionales de diseño que trabajan en colaboración para crear productos y servicios visualmente atractivos y fáciles de usar. Gus menciona haber liderado múltiples equipos de diseño a lo largo de su carrera, lo que demuestra su experiencia en la gestión y dirección de equipos en el ámbito del diseño.

💡Research

La 'Investigación' es un componente clave en el proceso de diseño, donde se recopilan datos y se analiza la información para comprender las necesidades de los usuarios y el mercado. En el video, Gus valora la sección de investigación del portafolio de una diseñadora, destacando su importancia en el proceso creativo, como se muestra en 'I've already peaked into that and I know that she's somehow related to research world and doing some research'.

💡High Fidelity

'High Fidelity' se refiere a una representación detallada y realista de un diseño, que es muy cercana a lo que finalmente se implementará. Gus busca en el portafolio la capacidad del diseñador para entregar resultados de alta fidelidad, como indica al decir 'I'm probably going to go to High Fidelity'.

💡Storyboarding

El 'Storyboarding' es el proceso de crear una secuencia de imágenes que representan las diferentes etapas o escenas de un proyecto. Es una herramienta visual que ayuda a los diseñadores a comunicar sus ideas y conceptos. Gus menciona los storyboards como una forma efectiva de presentar ideas, como se observa en 'really nice storyboards you don't really see a lot of these'.

💡User Personas

Las 'User Personas' son representaciones ficticias de los usuarios finales, diseñadas a partir de la investigación y los datos demográficos para ayudar a los diseñadores a enfocarse en las necesidades del usuario. Gus cuestiona la elección de crear cuatro user personas en lugar de una principal y posiblemente una secundaria, lo que sugiere la importancia de elegir el número adecuado de personas de usuario para el diseño efectivo.

💡MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

Un 'MVP' es un producto con las características básicas que permite a los empresarios validar su idea de negocio con los usuarios y obtener retroalimentación. En el video, Gus revisa un portafolio que incluye un proyecto MVP, lo que indica la importancia de entender y diseñar productos que puedan ser desarrollados rápidamente y mejorados con el tiempo.

💡Feedback Loop

Un 'Feedback Loop' es un proceso iterativo que involucra la recolección de comentarios y la aplicación de mejoras en un proyecto. Gus valora la sección de reflexiones y aprendizajes del portafolio, lo que sugiere que los diseñadores que aprenden de sus proyectos y aplican ese conocimiento en el futuro tienen un enfoque de diseño saludable y constructivo.

Highlights

Gus shares his experience as a hiring manager and UX designer.

Importance of an interesting loading screen to stand out.

A unique cursor can make a portfolio feel more engaging.

Incorporating personal background can reveal more about a candidate's personality.

Sharing dreams and motivations can help connect with the hiring manager.

A niche product can be more appealing than mainstream apps.

Time constraints can impact the depth of a project's design process.

Providing quick access to high-fidelity designs can be beneficial.

Including diverse user research can enrich the design process.

Storyboarding is an effective way to present ideas quickly.

Reflecting on learnings from a project is insightful for hiring managers.

Having a concise and personal 'About Me' section can leave an impression.

A portfolio should reflect the designer's current skill level and growth.

Avoiding generic descriptions and focusing on unique selling points is crucial.

A compelling 'About Me' can make a candidate stand out.

Including a call to action (CTA) can encourage further engagement.

A portfolio should be updated regularly to show progression.

The importance of a well-structured portfolio for a positive first impression.

Including the reasoning behind design decisions adds value to a portfolio.

A strong closing statement with a CTA can leave a lasting impression.

Transcripts

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hey my name is Gus I'm a product

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designer and throughout my career I've

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LED multiple design teams hired many ux

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designers and reviewed over hundred of

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ux portfolios in this video I'll try to

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share of some of the knowledge I've

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learned throughout the years working as

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a hiring manager and hopefully that will

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help you to make your portfolio stand

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out it would oh there we go so it has a

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very interesting loading screen right up

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front so I know that this is not going

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to be the the most basic template driven

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uh portfolio going to be something more

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interesting so some horse head and fish

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and then you know let's click enter go

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into it so following the same intro uh

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style and and idea I guess this

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feels different first and foremost it it

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follows a very basic structure just from

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the quick scroll um

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intro the then the projects and then the

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footer um so what I

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like up front is first of all have an

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interesting cursor a brain for a cursor

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Mouse and then I've got some brain here

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thing going on and then I also have a

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research section here and I've already

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peaked into that and I know that she's

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somehow related to research world and

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doing some some research so that so

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that's really cool and recovering theme

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learn know helps me to learn a little

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bit about her personality not just uh

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work and career so having lived in five

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different cities across three continents

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I have learned how to observe adapt and

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sit at the inser section of diverse

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disciplines and

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cultures this unique perspective has

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allowed me to Envision Creative

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Solutions that seem SE seamlessly blend

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Form and Function balance user needs and

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business needs my dream is to be able to

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use technology to empower individuals

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tell stories improve well-being and

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create novel interactions let's work

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together to ref redefine and reimagine

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what's possible so okay so from this

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paragraph I'm already learning quite a

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bit more than uh what I would usually

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see in in some other portfolios where

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they have like a sentence or two saying

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who they are and where they're from um

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so you know they're selling she's

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already telling me about the fact that

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he traveled a lot lived in different

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places um again interact with different

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you know disciplines and

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cultures and then talks about what she

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dreams about and sort of her you know

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goals and

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motivations and things that she wanted

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to do improve well-being and create

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novel interactions Empower individuals

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tell stories some of it is you know

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template a bit and just you know fancy

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sounding phrases some of it is a bit

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more interesting and personal

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so maybe making even more personal might

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be a way to go but generally I'm

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learning something new just from this

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one and it pequs my interest due to like

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the graphics animation the intro page so

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I'm already I'm already interested to

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learn more so let's let's pick the the

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first project let's go into

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that yamaya Empower pregnancy with

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information okay so this is a niche

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slightly more Niche product not like

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your mainstream social app so that's

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that's usually what I'm looking for

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something a bit more interesting and and

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uh Niche from a niche industry so this

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was a part of a student design

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competition

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23 and time constrainted 10 weeks so not

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a lot of

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time scr master

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chatbot progeny empowerment okay

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so that's

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interesting uh skip to design so I can

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click that I'm probably going to go to

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High Fidelity yeah so that that's nice

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touch um because I don't always have the

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time to read through the whole thing and

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I just want to see whether their ability

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to deliver the final result is up to the

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standard that I'm looking for so being

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able to like quickly jump to that I

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think that's good thing uh login with

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figma I think that's that's that's fine

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I would probably would do that I'm not

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sure that everyone would do it because

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I'm a designer myself so I'm you know

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feel comfortable logging into figma and

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and checking things out there but if

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there's a recruiter who's maybe not

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using figma on a regular basis they

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might would they might not log in here

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so if you can put a video maybe a take a

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screenshot or like a video screenshot of

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the of you actually clicking through the

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Prototype and then this you know know

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being just a video I think that would be

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more

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inclusive and then okay we've got some

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screenshots here so that that's cool

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okay so that's maybe another way to view

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the Prototype without actually obviously

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being able to click on it is just to

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kind of go through it like that although

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screens are really quite small so it's

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hard for me

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to uh understand the details and and

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read into the actual test text and

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content so as a as a overall picture

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that's okay but I would also be

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interested to be able to actually see

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details and actually read and trying to

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understand uh you know what's going on

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and at the end we've got Reflections

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learning number one learning number

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two okay so that's interesting so I

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would probably read this this is

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something that I would usually ask in

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during the interview with the person

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about know what they've learned

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throughout the project what they would

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do differently or or what they would do

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the same what worked and what did

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so you know showing these things up

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front I think that's that's a nice touch

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uh gives me an indication that she

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probably understands how the interviews

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go and the questions that being asked

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and that also shows that he she has a uh

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good feedback loop most likely so she's

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able to learn from her mistakes and from

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the projects and uh take those lessons

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to the next project so that's a really

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great indication not like not and it's

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different than saying that oh I'm a

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quick learner or that I have you know

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I'm able to adapt and change and grow in

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my career with every project this is

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saying that but without actually saying

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that so I think that's really smart

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smart way that you've done it and if I'm

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just going to scroll back to actually

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see now her process because let's say

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that I quite like the execution and the

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end result but I now I want to see how

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she actually achieved it and how she

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talks about her decision- making

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process so primary problem KPS potential

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impact okay support users Empower

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users before support of a map local

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Global healthcare workers conducting

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user

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research okay interviewing uh individual

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two in USA one in Japan One South Africa

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so quite

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diverse set of

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users and through the pregnancy

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semistructured interview

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format

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and disclaimer information consent was

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provided okay and then use research

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insights okay so that's good I'm see

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bullet points of what you learned the

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main pinpoints the needs and the summary

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that's good I might even cut this

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into even less information here I'm just

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very wary of having a lot of paragraphs

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um this is probably not a big deal

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there's not that much information

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overall in this whole page so it might

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be okay but it never hurts to simplify

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and cons even

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more and then user personas so after

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going through the research talking with

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people created four different user

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personas um wonder why why there are

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four found several us including social

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support

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mhm keep the user the cor asign okay so

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out of this I not quite sure why they

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had four usually you want to have one

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primary maybe secondary and then you

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know if you need more than that that's

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usually for like bigger projects so I

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would be asking during the interview why

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you had four why you felt that there's a

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need maybe there were like such you need

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to have fairly big difference

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significant difference between these PE

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you know these people and their needs so

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maybe that is the case so I just I just

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would like to clarify that and the

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storyboarding you know really really

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nice story boards you don't really see a

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lot of these

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so that's a great way uh again to

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present your ideas to stakeholders other

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teammates uh very quickly showcase you

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know what's the general idea and the

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context that the product will be used in

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so that's really nice uh tool if you're

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actually using that with most of the

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products you work on then you know that

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that's nice thing to have and that and

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that's it so again I went through the

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prodject already I like that she has

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unconventional uh approach to the

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structure she has the portfolio then

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reset search creativity identity so

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research talks about you know some of

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the research she's uh she conducted or

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is part of which is you know really

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interesting so I can learn more about

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her and that she has like a scientific

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approach to the design a background

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uh not just in the design but also in

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some other area so that's so that's

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great and she creates music I think and

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then she's part of some uh running clubs

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photography so just a lot of a lot of

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different things that she's doing and

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then I really like the identity page

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here as well this is like where she

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really quite concise concisely talks

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about all the different things that

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she's doing and um I'm learning a lot

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about her personality and she's you know

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doing a lot of different things creating

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a lot of different things so very well

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well vered and has a lot of different uh

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Hobbies so you know I felt like like I

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learned a lot going through that so

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appreciate that and then very concise

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way of showing experience where she

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worked for how long and uh I think that

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that was a great summary of like a link

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LinkedIn page and then let's connect um

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that's a kind of Bolder move to add your

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kind of personal photo which is not your

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usual professional LinkedIn type of

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photo here so she's a taking a little

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bit of a risk to show uh shine her

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personality yeah which is you know which

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is good I think at least from my point

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of view if I'm already going to an about

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page it means I'm interested enough to

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learn about her personality and this is

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exactly what she's doing she's not just

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so not not just showing another LinkedIn

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photo but she's actually trying to show

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that he's you know she has like

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different interest and interest and

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hobbies and undertakings and this is

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just helps me to form even a a better

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picture of what kind of person she

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is okay let's take a look at the

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portfolio of Evan or or even uh Kel and

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he is uxui designer based out of New

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York and it makes easy for you PR mobile

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apps um okay so that's not really

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descriptive to me and very kind of you

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know template sounding so I think you

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could come up with something better and

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a bit more interesting to add so this is

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remember this is like the first time I'm

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opening a portfolio and I'm seeing

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information about you so make sure that

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really catches my interest don't use the

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template senten year because that will

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you know first and foremost will deter

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me quite uh quite quickly so you want to

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pick my interest you know tell something

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maybe funny or interesting or just tell

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me about your process or about yourself

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a little bit more so that uh I know who

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I'm you know talking to kind of thing

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who I'm reviewing and if it picks my

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interest then I'm just more interested

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to view projects and I might be more

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invested to to go through your whole

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portfolio instead of just maybe looking

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at one piece of work so this is quite

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important make sure you spend time to

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actually draft something that is

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interesting and compelling so just from

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the Curiosity I'm just taking a look at

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the about me

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page okay so my name is z I'm New York

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care 500 con

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courses for the foundation and then

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completing studies for different agency

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freelancing okay so has a bit more of

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experience I don't know how many years

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he worked in the industry so it's hard

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to tell whether he you know been working

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a year or

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two and just a little bit more about

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himself so I would say no take something

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from this whole text or or really

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distill it to like a couple sentences

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and just add that into work and maybe

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you don't need to have that about me uh

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page at all and let's take a look at the

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portfolio Okay so no footer there just

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the three portfolio pieces using exactly

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same mockup so I

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would like to see differences so that

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it's a bit more interesting and comp

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compelling again so this is so far looks

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like a very quick portfolio put together

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using like a web Builder picking a

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template just changing a little bit of a

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text quickly adding mockups and then

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just oh I'm done so if if you are an

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experienced designer or you consider

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yourself to be a more experienced not a

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junior then I want to see that reflected

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in your portfolio so essentially when

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you're creating portfolios at the

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beginning you probably want to update

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your portfolio pretty much every year or

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as soon as you have as soon as you get a

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new project but

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then probably within a year or maybe

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latest two years you want to probably

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redesign the whole portfolio so that it

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reflects you know your skill set and the

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way that you've grown in your career uh

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because it's not just about the actual

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portfolio pieces but it's about the

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whole portfolio structure and how you

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present things that's Al almost as

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important as the actual work that you've

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done uh simply because if it's really

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super boring and not interesting to me

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I'm just not going to spend the time to

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really go into it if I see that is uh

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you know a kind fine things that the

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navigation does not make sense or the

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just the layout and presentation is

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really uh not that great then I will

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just keep it and just go to the next one

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I some sometimes I don't even open up

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projects if I see that this the overall

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package is really really po poor then I

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would just go to another one so make

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sure that you pick a good template that

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represents your current skill level and

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then and then uh it's just going to

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you will have a better better chance at

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someone looking and going through your

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whole portfolio so just from the

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overview I'm probably not going to look

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at more than one portfolio piece

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realistically speaking so I'm just

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opening up the first one because that

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seems to be the latest one so let's see

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client work project duration one month

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so short project I'm seeing

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MVP okay user inter design an MVP okay

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so the the objective was to design an

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MVP and this is like a app for business

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owners to find virtual assistance okay

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interviews the results was good to so

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okay these are just some

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interview feedback so that's nice to see

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okay then so I've done some research and

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interview then brain going into

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brainstorming Affinity maps and

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solutions some of the ideas were as

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follows con

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okay

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designing and then straight into High

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Fidelity designs okay some sign up flows

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home

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screen okay there maybe a little bit too

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much of a you know space to use for that

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header I think it's it's good idea to

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maximize the space you have and then

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show as much information as you

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can profile

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feed okay so you know you you you

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listing out the different things that I

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will be able to see and catch from this

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screenshot anyway so Picture Tells more

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than or what's the saying picture is

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more than a thousand

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words uh so if it's a good enough

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quality and I can actually read what's

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there it's much easier for me to just

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take a look and I know what's in there

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rather than you listing the things that

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you've put it in it would be more useful

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if would you would articulate why you

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decided to go with you know showing

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these particular things but not

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something

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else

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so if you cannot tell me everything with

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that Visual and there's something

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additional I want want to see the the

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behind story of decisionmaking not the

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description of that image that's that's

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the main goal

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here generally the descriptions are very

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basic and Broad I want to see really

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specific things like in the portfolio

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you don't you don't want to include a

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lot lot of text you want to be very

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concise and to the point so I want to

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see more of a bullet points and very

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strict uh sort of you know really have a

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strict way of adding text here so once

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you have like the first draft of your

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portfolio and then try to remove the

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text as as much as possible and see

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whether you're able to still convey the

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same uh you know underlying message so

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these should be all talking about why

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you made certain decisions and the

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reason behind it that that's all it

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should do pretty

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much and these are I think just a very

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you know rudimentary descriptions of

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what what I already can see and grasp

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from these screen so that does not

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really add any

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value closing

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thoughts thanks for review um yeah CTA

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not really compelling you know you maybe

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can use that

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to add your contact details ask people

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to reach out or view other projects you

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know something a little bit more

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interesting and to the point this is

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just you know kind of waste of space so

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overall it kind of feels like a very

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quickly put together um not very

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precise and I don't really from looking

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at this I don't really understand your

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your way of working or your process

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these are just like descriptions of some

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of the screens I did not see uh market

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research

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or low Fidelity it may be that this was

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like a very quick project you know month

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only a month long MVP so you don't

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always have the time to actually go

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through all of the proper steps uh but I

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would like to see explanation perhaps

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for that and and in mentioning that

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because it was a shorter duration I've

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considering doing like a low Fidelity

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mockups but uh because of the time

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constraint I I chose to go straight into

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High Fidelity because we had some you

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know mood boards or examples that we

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agreed with the client could be a good

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match and I've just used that as

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inspiration to build High Fidelity you

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know because this is MVP it will be

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iterated over and over again and this is

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MVP sometimes is just something for for

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stakeholders to to see in order for them

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for them to invest or give a green light

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for someone to build out later so uh I

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would like to know a little bit more

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about the context of that mvp what uh

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what it it will be used and whether this

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is going to be part of actually

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something be built out or this is just

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going to be for presentation and then

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why you made every single decision that

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I'm seeing here um you don't need to be

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like detailed about every every single

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decision but I'm not really seeing

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seeing any of that explanation here at

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all at least that's the overall idea

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that I'm getting I guess again I'm not

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reading everything so I might be missing

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something out but you need to build a

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portfolio with that in mind that any

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recruiter will not be reading everything

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you have so you need to be really

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careful what you add be very specific

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and to the point talking about the

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project you're thinking behind things

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and don't include anything else that is

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really not adding value that's it for

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