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Antony Villa
544 PointsTechdegree - portfolio question?
So I'm interested in signing up for a Team Treehouse techdegree. I'm still debating which one. The techdegrees are advertised as being able to create a portfolio of work to show prospective employers. My question is how would that work exactly? If an employer asked you to submit some examples of your work how would you do it? Do you show an employer at interview time or is it done some other way. Sorry for the noob question but thanks in advance!
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Dave McFarland
Treehouse TeacherHi Antony Villa
Great question. There are many different ways that you could highlight your Techdegree work for potential employers. It depends a bit on what Techdegree you go for.
For many of the Techdegrees you build web sites that you can put up on the web and link to. For example, in the Front End Web Development Techdegree you literally create a portfolio website: you could send a link to a potential employer showing off the work you've created.
In addition, many programmers use GitHub (a web site that lets you share code and work with others on projects). In the Techdegrees we have students put their projects up on GitHub. This is another common way to show off work to potential employers. In fact, many companies like this approach because it not only lets them check out your programming skills, but also shows that you know how to use a very commonly used tool — GitHub.
For the iOS and Android Techdegrees, you'll build actual apps that can be installed on phones and table and can even be added to app stores. These provide a great way to show off your work — whip out your phone in the interview, or simply point the interviewer to the app store for them to download it.
The main point of the Techdegrees is to not only teach you programming, but have you build real-world projects that build your skills, give you great experience, and leave you with examples you can share with other developers and potential employers.
Thanks for being a Treehouse student!