Episode 01: Why 90% of Software Engineer Resumes Get Rejected Instantly
In this episode, we break down the #1 portfolio trap junior software engineers fall into: filling GitHub with generic tutorial clones.
Where we were talking about this short video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uuXO2EYEWcg
Key Takeaways:
The Tutorial Trap: Why adding basic weather apps, to-do lists, or boilerplate clones to your GitHub signals that you can follow YouTube tutorials rather than solve real engineering problems.
The Solution: Why launching one live production application beats ten unmaintained GitHub repositories every single time.
Real Engineering Experience: How handling unit…
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