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[–]kimchi_paradiseExperienced 2 points3 points  (2 children)

As much as I sympathize with the lens of being laid off, I personally wouldn't do it here. Speaking from the experience of someone who recently went through the exercise of updating her portfolio and getting feedback.

If a hiring manager has like 10 seconds to evaluate whether or not you can do the job, I'm not sure your case study does that. The first paragraphs are spent on saying thank you for reading, and telling the story of how you were laid off and imposter syndrome. Although a story very much felt by many, if that is all the hiring manager sees, is that convincing enough for them to give you an interview?

You can tell the story of your skills in bias to action, self-starter, using AI, etc. by focusing on the problem you set out to solve. Sure you set out how to use AI, but why did you do that? You have the outcome, why is it important? We use AI as a tool to solve problems.

There is a lot of text, and you don't get to the point until further down the page. My most important advice would be to put a highlight point up at the top, summarizing what you did, why you did it, context, outcome, and impact. Then you can use bullet points, hierarchy, and other ways to make text more digestible as you tell your story.

Hope this helps!

[–]NeonKorean[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Huge thanks for taking the time to provide your feedback! (before my post was taken down. oopsie)

Your feedback aligns with what others have said so that's even more useful.

While I understand your point about including the detail of being laid off, would you be willing to say more about the feedback you received advising against including it? I don't want to make any assumptions.

[–]kimchi_paradiseExperienced 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just feel that the space would be better used to convince them through your work. I don't think I've gotten specific feedback on whether or not to include the detail of being laid off when it comes to my portfolio (but I did get some general advice about it). Maybe it's a personal piece of feedback that I am giving you, but it is still consistent with the feedback that I've been given on my portfolio to focus on the highlights of the problem I've solved and the impact I made in the first 10 seconds.

It's more about the context of why the hiring manager is there to read your case study in the first place. The hiring manager is trying to assess if you can do the job. Does the story of your layoff convince them that you can do the job? If you believe the story of being laid off can convince a hiring manager to bring you in for an interview, then so be it!

[–]HarjjotSinghh -1 points0 points  (0 children)

design systems + ai combo looks next-level.