I am thinking of doing freelance web development and I’m currently building my portfolio for it. However, I don’t have any degree at all and I live in an expensive country. My friend however says that I still might have a chance if I make good quality stuff. Right now I’m even working on creating a video platform website similar to YouTube (with it being fully functional) just to impress potential customers.
Would that work?
Having conducted technical interviews after managers have screened the candidates’ resumes, I second this. Businesses absolutely look at example works, precisely because it’s what they care about: it doesn’t take a leap of the imagination that if someone has churned out excellent work for hire, that they can do it again once hired on.
It’s a bit harder for prospective employers to take someone at their word without works that they can point to, or can succinctly describe said works in sufficient detail.