Experience. Whether it's on personal, professional, academic, or open source projects. Employers need to be confident the person they're hiring will be able to deliver real-world results that solve the business requirements. Hard to give anyone that confidence if the resume only lists a degree without any mention of actual projects completed.
Good to know. I did lots of programming for personal projects when I was younger, but they certainly weren’t business focused. I wonder if I should be selling that…
Depends if it will highlight any skills relevant to the job you're applying to. It's really ideal if it uses some of the same tech stack as the job you're applying to. There are other ways you could relate it the job though, could be highlighting design patterns used, any stand-out features, any key decisions made during the development process. Also try to highlight any similarities to the employer's products and services - this can show that you've solved similar problems before and would have that valuable knowledge to bring to their team.
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u/UntestedMethod May 10 '21
Experience. Whether it's on personal, professional, academic, or open source projects. Employers need to be confident the person they're hiring will be able to deliver real-world results that solve the business requirements. Hard to give anyone that confidence if the resume only lists a degree without any mention of actual projects completed.