GDSC - Level up your Portfolio with GitHub.pdf

Level Up Your Portfolio
with GitHub
Leong Lai Fong

What You’ll Learn Today
Agenda
• Introduction to Portfolio
• Building Personal Github Portfolio
• Tips
• Building Personal Github Portfolio Guide
• Samples
• Q&A

A portfolio is a way to
showcase individual’s profile,
including technical skill sets
and projects.

Building Personal Github Portfolio - Why

Building Personal Github Portfolio
Showcase the quality of the engineer’s work,
coding style, problem solving skills, etc

A well-rounded portfolio can demonstrate a
wide range of abilities, from coding to
task/project management skills

A portfolio can be a focal point during job
interviews, by explaining specific projects in
the portfolio

Demonstrate commitment to continuous
learning and staying up-to-date with latest
technologies by portfolio regular updates

A public portfolio can increase an engineer’s
visibility in the industry

A public portfolio can increase an engineer’s
visibility in the industry
Demonstrate commitment to continuous
learning and staying up-to-date with latest
technologies by portfolio regular updates
A portfolio can be a focal point during job
interviews, by explaining specific projects in
the portfolio
A well-rounded portfolio can demonstrate a
wide range of abilities, from coding to
task/project management skills
Showcase the quality of the engineer’s work,
coding style, problem solving skills, etc

What makes a good portfolio
● Showcase a variety of projects
● Demonstrate technical skills, problem-solving abilities
and coding proficiency
● Reflect personality
● Provide evidence of continuous learning and growth

What should be included on portfolio
● Examples of projects, code samples, technical
documentation, artifacts that showcase abilities
● Highlights on problem - solving approach, role in team
projects, challenges and solutions

What to avoid on portfolio
● Don’t copy Someone Else’s portfolio
● Lack of documentations, simple ReadMe would help
● Quantity over quality
○ Code quality is essential

Building Personal Github Portfolio - Tips

Fresh (Graduate) Engineers - Getting Started

As a beginner, focus on smaller project that demonstrate
your understanding of fundamental concepts.

After learning new technologies, it’s important to practise
by building projects or participating in coding challenges

Showcase learning journey and progress on social media
platforms, highlighting the methodology and technology

Collaborate to learn and gain experience working in a
team and contribute to larger project

Getting feedback is crucial to improve skill sets and
building a strong portfolio

Getting feedback is crucial to improve skill sets and
building a strong portfolio
Collaborate to learn and gain experience working in a
team and contribute to larger project
Showcase learning journey and progress on social media
platforms, highlighting the methodology and technology
After learning new technologies, it’s important to practise
by building projects or participating in coding challenges
As a beginner, focus on smaller project that demonstrate
your understanding of fundamental concepts.

Experience Engineers - Level Up

Have a personalised domain name and professional
looking portfolio website

Inject some personality into portfolio but keep it
professional and relevant, e.g. professional goals, interest

Choose projects that best demonstrate technical abilities
and include project details, technologies used and result

Include any contributions made to popular open-source
projects, e.g. kaggle

Keep portfolio up to date with latest projects, skills and
achievements

Keep portfolio up to date with latest projects, skills and
achievements
Include any contributions made to popular open-source
projects, e.g. kaggle
Choose projects that best demonstrate technical abilities
and include project details, technologies used and resu
Inject some personality into portfolio but keep it
professional and relevant, e.g. professional goals, interest
Have a personalised domain name and professional
looking portfolio website

Building Personal Github Portfolio Guide

Step by Step Guide - Step 0
0. Sign up / Sign in Github
1. Create “New repository”
2. Customize README.md

<user>.github.io
<owner>

3. Choose a Template
The Minimal Theme The Slate Theme
The Cayman Theme
The al-folio Theme

3. Choose a Template
4. Customize Contents

Personal Github Portfolio - Samples

Data Analyst Machine Learning Engineer
Software Engineer DevOps Engineer

Data Analyst

Data Analyst Portfolio Example #1 - Claudia ten Hoope

Data Analyst Portfolio Example #2 - Naledi Hollbruegge

Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Portfolio Example #1 - Nikita Kozodoi
● Simple yet easy to read and understand
● Highlights on the project details and
technologies used
● Include links to github repo, blog post

Machine Learning Portfolio Example #2 - Eric Wadkins
● Great showcase passion in machine
learning
● Clear, simplistic designs to relate each
project to career journey
● Multiple links in the menu to all of the
projects, papers, skills, resume, etc

Machine Learning Portfolio Example #3 - Thomas Havlik
● Entirely on Github ReadMe
● Include work in progress in portfolio
● Demonstrate how much time and
efforts puts into each project
● Include overview of datasets, tools,
machine learning models used for each
project

Software Engineer

Front-end Developer Portfolio Example #1 - Riccardo Zanutta
● Creative layout
● Interactive design

DevOps Engineer

DevOps Portfolio Example #1 - Kapil
● Entirely on Github ReadMe
● Include work in progress in portfolio
● Demonstrate how much time and
efforts puts into each project
● Include overview of datasets, tools,
machine learning models used for each
project

References
• https://www.turing.com/blog/software-engineer-portfolio-tips/
• https://github.com/topics/portfolio-website
• https://github.com/Evavic44/portfolio-ideas
• https://themewagon.com/theme-tag/portfolio-template/
• https://www.springboard.com/blog/data-science/machine-learning-portfolio/
• https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/data-analytics/data-analytics-portfolio-examples/
• https://dev.to/adiatiayu/mini-portfolio-bring-your-github-profile-to-the-next-level-5c8n

Thank You!
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leong-lai-fong/
Leong Lai Fong

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