The definitive guide for how I would start building resume projects TODAY if I were trying to enter the job market.

00:00 Intro
00:48 Solve Real Problems
01:48 Brainstorm Novel Ideas
05:11 Design Phase


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Debajyati Dey

Deep Learning

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Learn how to choose meaningful projects for your resume, solve real-life problems with software solutions, and come up with unique project ideas. Design an MVP and iterate towards a final version to showcase your problem-solving and engineering skills.

You Need Better Resume Projects

<h1>I agree that creating exact replicas of pre-existing products isn’t the best approach to highlight your abilities on a CV.</h1>
Here are some different strategies to think about for your CV projects:
<ol>
<li>Put Your Attention Into Solving Problems: Choose a specific issue you want to tackle and create a project that provides a novel answer.</li>
<li>Contribute to Open Source: Taking part in open-source projects shows that you can work with others, adhere to coding standards, and support broader causes.</li>
<li>Customize Current Projects: Take an existing project and increase its functionality by integrating it with other tools or adding new features.
Create Something You’re Enthusiastic About: Select a project that makes you happy! Potential employers will find the project more interesting because of your infectious passion.</li>
</ol>

So you basically need to build a whole start up company structure only to get another job from a company that did the same maybe even less?
Why not iterate your mvp and focusing on scale?

thing is, even if as a junior looking for a first job i designed a beautiful slution for a niche hobby of someone,
half of recruiters will not care because they only want a trendy dev
hence =&gt; clone,
and the other half will not care cause they actually work with the techno and for clients who want what already exists
hence =&gt; clone.
No company cares about us and our freedom, nor should they.
companies are about business. Nothing more.