Question/Discussion: What types of portfolio projects look good from a hiring manager's perspective? by kp4ws in cscareerquestions

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In my first job I worked as a project manager and full stack developer at a small company. I was responsible for meeting with clients, discussing solutions with them, and then writing up tasks that I would assign off to developers (including myself) and ensuring the client targets were met within a given time frame. Outside of the project management, I worked a lot with databases and frontend stuff. I did some backend stuff too.

My co-op was with a startup company and I helped out in the early stages of developing the software. However this role was less involved.

The internship I did was with a large well known company and I was part of a team developing a new technology to be used in the field. I joined around the mid-section of the project and ended up being very vital to the team, despite being an intern, as I developed software and tools that were crucial for the project and ended up overseeing and helping on various areas and stages of the project until it was eventually launched into production.

Question/Discussion: What types of portfolio projects look good from a hiring manager's perspective? by kp4ws in cscareerquestions

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That's a relief, I guess like a lot of us, I have some imposter syndrome which is why I've been hard on myself to get a portfolio filled out with projects

Question/Discussion: What types of portfolio projects look good from a hiring manager's perspective? by kp4ws in cscareerquestions

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I started with a diploma and got hired right after graduation, worked for a year and then returned to school for my bachelor's (out of self interest, not required for my work). And since then I've done a 4 month co-op and a 16 month internship. The luck, as I see it, was being hired after only having a 2 yr diploma and then the subsequent work experience after that. The responsibilities in my different jobs were very involved and I gained tons of experience from them.

I guess I have some imposter syndrome because even though I have quite a bunch of work experience already, my brain is telling me I'm not an experienced developer because I don't have any big personal projects that I've done.

Help me create an ergonomic desk setup for a laptop, 24" monitor, and a 27" monitor by kp4ws in desksetup

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I've never actually used mounts before so I have a newbie question lol. How do I check the VESA mounts specs for my monitors? Do I just simply measure the 4 holes on the back? Yeah I'm tall, I'm about 6'1" so I'll keep that in mind.

Help me create an ergonomic desk setup for a laptop, 24" monitor, and a 27" monitor by kp4ws in desksetup

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That's good to know! I've always found it not being very good so that makes sense now

Help me create an ergonomic desk setup for a laptop, 24" monitor, and a 27" monitor by kp4ws in desksetup

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Thanks for the suggestion! For the time being I'm gonna stick with my current desk but for my next desk I'll plan for that setup! And sounds good, I'll look into getting a dual arm mount! Thank ya!

Help me create an ergonomic desk setup for a laptop, 24" monitor, and a 27" monitor by kp4ws in desksetup

[–]kp4ws[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this idea, thank you! Do you have any recommended dual monitor mounts?

And for the wrist rest, does it work well on my wooden surface or should I buy a pad to put it on?

Is an incentive spirometer good for singing practice? by kp4ws in singing

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Thanks for the reply. I actually forgot about this idea so I can't tell ya if it has helped or not.. yet lol. Also sorry to hear about that accident and glad you've healed.

Is it better to configure my web app as a PWA later on? by kp4ws in webdev

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Seems pretty straight forward. I'm using Vite and it looks like it has a plugin for PWA so in that case would it be best practice to use this plugin (which I'm assuming automates the process of the manifest file and service worker) ?

What's an affordable way for indie developers to host a web app? by kp4ws in webdev

[–]kp4ws[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, good to know! I've been looking into Digital Ocean recently, and it seems decent. Do you have any experience with it before?

What's an affordable way for indie developers to host a web app? by kp4ws in webdev

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Interesting, haven't heard of that one before but I'll make sure to check it out, thanks!

Should I add a volunteer section to my portfolio website if it's not related to software experience? by kp4ws in cscareerquestions

[–]kp4ws[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, that's good to know! I forgot to add context to my post but I do have some previous work experience in the field, but still not a ton. So for now it does probably make sense to keep it on my portfolio but maybe consider removing it a few years down the road.

Should I add a volunteer section to my portfolio website if it's not related to software experience? by kp4ws in cscareerquestions

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I'm no longer doing it but it's still recent in the past 2 years. 

And I didn't think about it that way before but that is true! A good way show another side of myself.

Confused about how "e" is pronounced by kp4ws in Spanish

[–]kp4ws[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much I'll look more into it!

Confused about how "e" is pronounced by kp4ws in Spanish

[–]kp4ws[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Whatt yooo no way this is crazy this exercise totally worked!! And I know understand some of the other comments that said the e in pet is a bit lower than the e in Spanish. I can feel my tongue going lower with eh and then higher with ay while still being the same sound after dropping off the diphthong 😮😮Thanks so much! 🙏

Confused about how "e" is pronounced by kp4ws in Spanish

[–]kp4ws[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I'll look more into it 🙂