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steno1:
.lol is not the criticism that I don't like, but how it was done. No one here has pointed out what the problem was. One said I should go and learn JavaScript and css, the other that I can't never get a job with this and so on... no pointing of what the problem is

I get what you mean NOW. But Hanna...Nia gave some solid advice.

To build on what he said, here are some actions you can take to improve the site:

1. Fix the colour scheme

Your website has TOO MANY colours.

It's disturbing. Hann suggested taking a look at designs on Behance and modelling your website after them.

Copy good website designs until you internalise what makes a design good.

ALWAYS keep your design simple. Your current website has a LOT of colours making noise and screaming for attention.

Compare that with Nairaland design where you can count all the colours on the website on one hand.

2.Your MENU section is an atrocity

WTF dude!

Why do you think it's okay to SPLIT the screen just to accommodate the menu. I get physically disgusted just looking at that split.

It's a website for self promotion. It should attract not repel. Replace that split with a drop-down menu that uses a fixed toggle button.

3. Reduce animation

It's cool that you know how to include animations in your designs. Now REMOVE it!

Your picture rotates. The background and text introducing you changes while I'm reading it.

These things have jarring effects that make me want to run away like flash. It kills engagement.

Limit the animations if you don't want to remove them TOTALLY.

4. Break down the GIANT wall of texts

Writing in giant walls of texts with no paragraph is a good to way to make sure NO one reads them. It's a web copy NOT biology text book.

Break it down into short sentences and paragraphs.

Also, use CHATGPT to edit for grammatical and punctuation errors.

5. Your resume design is OUTDATED

Google better resume templates and follow them. The current one looks archaic and ridiculous.

By the way, allow me to congratulate you on learning so many tech stacks. You did a great job. Do the corrections suggested on this thread and continue to apply for jobs.

You will get a nice job. Eventually.

P.S. Those who advised you to re-learn CSS are merely concerned about your design skills. Consider taking a refresher.

Also, Hanna...nia suggested learning C# because it could help you break into web design for banks. Seems banks have a preference for C#. Look into that.

steno1:
An e commerce site is not good enough for portfolio project?

🤣🤣

All what you have there doesn't deserve to even be a 19th century website.


How can someone design something so bad?

This website and easily win worst web design of 2023 I bet you

Namaster:
I get what you mean NOW. But Hanna...Nia gave some solid advice.

To build on what he said, here are some actions you can take to improve the site:

1. Fix the colour scheme

Your website has TOO MANY colours.

It's disturbing. Hann suggested taking a look at designs on Behance and modelling your website after them.

Copy good website designs until you internalise what makes a design good.

ALWAYS keep your design simple. Your current website has a LOT of colours making noise and screaming for attention.

Compare that with Nairaland design where you can count all the colours on the website on one hand.

2.Your MENU section is an atrocity

WTF dude!

Why do you think it's okay to SPLIT the screen just to accommodate the menu. I get physically disgusted just looking at that split.

It's a website for self promotion. It should attract not repel. Replace that split with a drop-down menu that uses a fixed toggle button.

3. Reduce animation

It's cool that you know how to include animations in your designs. Now REMOVE it!

Your picture rotates. The background and text introducing you changes while I'm reading it.

These things have jarring effects that make me want to run away like flash. It kills engagement.

Limit the animations if you don't want to remove them TOTALLY.

4. Break down the GIANT wall of texts

Writing in giant walls of texts with no paragraph is a good to way to make sure NO one reads them. It's a web copy NOT biology text book.

Break it down into short sentences and paragraphs.

Also, use CHATGPT to edit for grammatical and punctuation errors.

5. Your resume design is OUTDATED

Google better resume templates and follow them. The current one looks archaic and ridiculous.

By the way, allow me to congratulate you on learning so many tech stacks. You did a great job. Do the corrections suggested on this thread and continue to apply for jobs.

You will get a nice job. Eventually.

P.S. Those who advised you to re-learn CSS are merely concerned about your design skills. Consider taking a refresher.

Also, Hanna...nia suggested learning C# because it could help you break into web design for banks. Seems banks have a preference for C#. Look into that.

.Thank u so much... I really appreciate this

BlackhatMentor:
🤣🤣

All what you have there doesn't deserve to even be a 19th century website.


How can someone design something so bad?

This website and easily win worst web design of 2023 I bet you

Lol this is funny

steno1:
An e commerce site is not good enough for portfolio project?

Go to YouTube and search for good portfolios, then you'll see what's wrong

fastanddubious:
Go to YouTube and search for good portfolios, then you'll see what's wrong

pls can you give me example of good portfolio projects?

Hahahah this this terrible… why don’t you let me teach you animation and game development and the little coding skill you have might be useful… for necessary integrations . That’s my YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJsuEKdgq84

steno1:
I have been on an exciting journey learning web development for a while now, and I have finally reached a point where I feel confident about my skills and ready to land my first web dev job. However, I'm a bit lost on where to begin this new chapter.

I'd greatly appreciate any advice, tips, or personal experiences you can share on how to kickstart my web dev career. Here is link to my portfolio site. https://steno1.github.io/portfolioReact2/

Please what do you use for the animation?

Hannania:
Firstly, from your link, you deployed the project on GitHub. I'll advice you host it on another mainstream platform. It doesn't have to be paid. This is to avoid bias on your ability to host.

Secondly, as a beginner, I'll advice you have your close friends give constructive feedback to your work(that's where you need a mentor). Let's assume you're a client and you need a website, no lie, will you hire a developer with this kind of portfolio? . It's a good start, but the interface is poor. I'll rate it 4/10. You most likely do not have an eye for design. Get ready made design on sites like Behance or frontend mentor, and model your design. When you get use to seeing good designs, you'll adapt.

Thirdly, I'll give you a solid advice. The best way to get into software development in Nigeria presently if you intend to do back end and you're a recent graduate is to learn C#. That's because barrier of entry into banks is not that difficult. But you hardly see beginners taking this shot.

Lastly, Network, Network and Network. The market is not smiling. You need to be spoken for

Aside banks and Nigeria. Is C# good internationally

Ajibade123:
Aside banks and Nigeria. Is C# good internationally

As long as you back it up with Azure, any continent. It's a language used by enterprise firms. You'll be part of a niche not too explored by new folks but one of the best

Hannania:
As long as you back it up with Azure, any continent. It's a language used by enterprise firms. You'll be part of a niche not too explored by new folks but one of the best

Thanks a lot

Hannania:
Firstly, from your link, you deployed the project on GitHub. I'll advice you host it on another mainstream platform. It doesn't have to be paid. This is to avoid bias on your ability to host.
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Boss! You are a great man. You gave a very honest advice. A very honest one. I must commend you. Normally ehn. I suppose buy you beer. You are nice. Unlike other guru here who will prefer to lambast the person rather than give a helping advice just as you did. The C# thing is absolutely true.

God bless you boss!!!

DDayve:
Boss! You are a great man. You gave a very honest advice. A very honest one. I must commend you. Normally ehn. I suppose buy you beer. You are nice. Unlike other guru here who will prefer to lambast the person rather than give a helping advice just as you did. The C# thing is absolutely true.

God bless you boss!!!

Thanks man

Konetech:
Hahahah this this terrible… why don’t you let me teach you animation and game development and the little coding skill you have might be useful… for necessary integrations . That’s my YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJsuEKdgq84

Ok Sir

Hannania:
Thanks man

Hello boss. Sorry to disturb you. I have some questions about justIT. Can I ask?

Honest advice...Your portfolio is not job ready

Go back to the basis....you have a lot of work to do

Also, learn design basics (color rules, choosing colors, typography, spacing etc)

Peace ✌️

Thank you all for your advice. My major problem is lack of mentorship. I have no one to ask questions and is really affecting me. Sorry for the people I didn't reply well to. I was just a bit frustrated with some replies, because of the amount of time and effort I have put to learn, and at that, some people said I knew nothing. But is well. Am trying to refactor the site. Pls check if is still very bad or I should just rebuild a new one entirely.... https://steno1.github.io/portfolioReact2/

steno1:
Thank you all for your advice. My major problem is lack of mentorship. I have no one to ask questions and is really affecting me. Sorry for the people I didn't reply well to. I was just a bit frustrated with some replies, because of the amount of time and effort I have put to learn, and at that, some people said I knew nothing. But is well. Am trying to refactor the site. Pls check if is still very bad or I should just rebuild a new one entirely.... https://steno1.github.io/portfolioReact2/

Not the best.

But 100 times better than prev