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Shoutout to side projects for my career change
I always believed side work didn't count for real jobs. Putting together a simple data tracker in my free time changed that and got me hired. Now I tell every switcher to build something, anything.
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perry.skyler4d ago
Nice! What did your data tracker actually DO, though? Like, did you show them the actual code or just talk about it?
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grant.luna4d agoMost Upvoted
Right, that's the key part. My tracker just counted how many times people clicked the "learn more" button on our site. I showed them screenshots of the setup and walked through the simple logic, but not the raw code. They really just wanted to know what it measured and why it mattered. Seeing the actual numbers change when we fixed the page layout made it click for them. What did you end up showing for your project?
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