More Than a Software Engineer: Building Your Personal Brand + GitHub Star & Dev Portfolio Ideas
Description
In this episode, we explore what it means to build a personal brand as a software engineer. We chat about how Victoria became a GitHub Star, discuss the importance of GitHub in your tech portfolio, tips on picking the right domain name, and walk through a custom Linktree-style feature on Natasha's dev personal site. For multi-passionate techies struggling to define themselves — this one's for you.We post biweekly on our podcast that shows honest tech conversations from real people in the industry✨Follow us on our socials!- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ragtechdev/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ragtechdev- Blog: https://ragtech.hashnode.dev/- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1KfM9JTWsDQ5QoMYEh489d- More Links: https://linktr.ee/ragtechdevTimestamps00:00 Introduction00:22 The Struggles of Identifying as a Divergent Inquisitive01:41 Is Being an Explorer an Identity Within Itself?04:23 How to Find Your Personal Brand05:33 What Others Think About You - Abstract it One Level Higher08:20 Your Identity is a Constant Iteration, Not a Static Object09:28 Demo of Linktree-like Feature on a Webfolio10:30 Further Thoughts on Making Portfolio Codebase Modular and Opensource11:29 The Importance of GitHub for Techies as a Portfolio13:20 Search for a Domain Name Before Naming Projects14:24 How Victoria Became a GitHub Star17:23 Summary of Natasha's App Review Series19:50 Conclusion
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