Building side projects can be a great way to showcase your skills before you have work experience. For experienced people, it can be a great way to experiment, learn new skills and to build something that matters

1. THE ART OF SIDE PROJECTS
codebar Helsinki • Juha-Matti Santala • August 31st 2019

2. HI, I’M JUHIS
Developer Community & Web Dev @ Futurice
Founder of Turku <3 Frontend
I build silly things on my free time
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from Helsinki, !
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3. FIND YOUR OWN WAY
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4. LEARN
EXPERIMENT
PORTFOLIO
JOB
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5. CREATE
DISPLAY
SHARE
DISCUSS
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6. CREATE
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7. 1. SOMETHING YOU NEED
2. HELP A NON-PROFIT
3. REPLICATE EXISTING PRODUCT
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8. DISPLAY
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12. SHARE
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13. 1. MEETUPS
2. BLOG
3. SOCIAL MEDIA
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14. DISCUSS
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15. “I don’t have work experience
but I have this side project
we can talk about”
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16. WHAT DID YOU BUILD?
TALK ABOUT TECH CHOICES
WHAT DID YOU LEARN?
WHAT WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY?
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17. CREATE
DISPLAY
SHARE
DISCUSS
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20. GO CREATE STUFF!
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