First impressions:
You should definitely use smaller images (< 300Kb).
Felt like I was in the '90s loading some of those pages (on the numismatics site esp).
Some of the text overlays on the images were hard to read (White text on bright background).
When I register an account, nothing tells me whether I’ve succeeded or not.
Your chat app doesn’t persist data, and user input apparently isn’t sanitized.
You say you use the MERN stack, but where?
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No offense intended, but if you’re currently studying computer science at a state university, that makes you a student, not a (professional) full-stack developer, and calling yourself a full-stack developer hurts your credibility. Calling yourself a student will do a lot to improve your credibility and set clearer expectations as to your experience level. This may actually be part of the reason that you haven’t gotten a lot of interviews.
When you call yourself a full-stack developer, most recruiters and HR personnel will expect to see at least one, but usually at least a few, professional projects already completed by you. Not “demo” stuff that has lorem ipsum text on it. For a full-stack dev, any projects that you post online should be fully functional full-stack app prototypes with a “finished-looking” front-end AND back-end.
And when you’re a student, I’d suggest focusing your time on your studies instead of spending too much time looking for jobs. Yes, you should do that too, but focus on getting the best grades you can first and foremost. Your first employer will more than likely be taking you on as an intern, and internships are usually dependent on your transcript.
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I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss the importance of semantic HTML. In some jurisdictions and domains Web accessibility is actually covered under legislation. You really should be able to demonstrate accessible markup, especially for such simple frontends.
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Yeah, that was the first time I noticed page loading really is something to watch out for. I wasn’t sure what was causing it. I didn’t realize it was the images thanks.
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I hear this from both sides, some people tell me I should try to sell my self of what I’m intending to be and not what I am. 
Comp Sci has been cool at uni but I definitely don’t think calculus 3, algorithms and data structures are going to help me find employment anytime soon so I’ve been just trying to just get ahead 
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I guess I just assumed that was something lowest on the order of importance and something I would brush up on the first job.
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Hey @Heyrio ! Your portfolio looks pretty good in terms of design, its simple, I like the Homepage.
But once I go into the projects I am a bit lost. I think you should add a description to all projects, the stack you used etc… You have to bring forward what you have done and all your expertise !
I would recommend in contributing in some project to gain more experience. On open source project for example where you can open PR’s and develop some features, or I found a great open source community called Chingu. You will be assigned other developers and create a team and you have 2 months to develop a project. It is a great experience, I just participated and am already registered for the next session ! Have a look.
Keep it up, its a long road, perseverance should remain your moto !
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I am not a professional coder, so I don’t know if you can apply for a job, but, hey, awesome portfolio!
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I already applied but I never got a response email from them I’ll try and follow up on it. It sounds like I just need more meaningful projects and contributions. Thanks for the info.
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Hey So I’ve checked some of your projects and the first thing is your project “Digital/NUMISMATICS” not a responsive site for mobile please do some few adjustments on it especially on the blog page and on your project “free planet” the sticky navbar for mobile also needs some adjustment… looking hopefully looking forward on you getting hired! Goodluck!
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When you’re a student, it’s best to say that you’re a student; and after you graduate, it’s best to say that you’re a graduate. It just helps set expectations for the hiring side, and claiming to be more than you are might very well be turning off recruiters and HR.
Your projects should also be really clear as to what purpose they serve, because it’s not obvious to the casual user. And as I mentioned before, the lorem ipsum dummy text gives away that they’re incomplete and not finished. Lorem ipsum is fine for prototyping, but you should make a full-stack project that looks more like a finished app.
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Your site looks good to me. Maybe you might want to add a section on your skills/what you do or like best. I don’t think that just having links to your projects is enough. It would be enough for a coder, but remember that it is usually the HR department that is looking for people, so listing your skills like you would on a resume might be good.
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If you are ready for code war, then you are ready for apply for dream job. Best of Luck.
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UPDATE: Well ironically shortly after posting this I have landed an interview at a software company. I go in for it Monday but now I’m feeling like I’m completely unqualified and I’m going to be completely lost lol. I guess that’s apart of it.
This will be my first interview for a software position.
The position uses javascript, mongodb, AWS, Docker and yaml(whatever that is)
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How did you know they require a clearance lol? Anyway since you live in Fl too you might know who they are. It’s Mcdill Air force base
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I didn’t know that, it was just an fyi for you lol (read your bio and saw that you’d qualify). And yes do know of it, used to go to it for stuff when living over there and stepdad at the time stationed there. I hope it goes well for you, all the best.
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Well good guess and thank you!
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I am fully agree with you.
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