i scored a position in data science and AI at 18

i scored a position in data science and AI at 18 let me teach you how to build a killer portfolio in the cooked CS job market you first need to pick your niche AI/ML -> Kaggle + HuggingFace SWE -> GitHub + live demos Cybersec -> TryHackMe + HackTheBox IT -> Homelab + certs Data -> Dashboards + case studies stop trying to do all 5. pick one commit!! build proper repositories because github is your personality now pin your top 3-5 repos, that's it every readme needs: what it does why you built it empty github = no better than a person with a degree in bricklaying with banter studies you need to abide by my The 3 project rule CLONE something to prove you can BUILD build a TOOL to prove you can SOLVE make smth ORIGINAL to prove you can THINK and please no "my first to-do list app" on the pinned 😭 you need to actually depoy your projects vercel for web huggingface spaces for ml streamlit for data railway for backend alternatively just keep building your github hack the box for cybersecurity your non negotiable cv rules make it ONE page or i will find you.. portfolio link at the TOP projects before education if youre early every bullet: "built X using Y, got Z result" numbers >>> aura Show dont tell challenge impossible for some of you for some odd reason X "proficient in python" ✓ link the repo X "great communicator" ✓ link the blog post/portfolio X "team player" ✓ link the open source PR i cannot stress enough to seriously Write about your builds! make a read me/blog post per project on how you built X this makes you googleable and stalkable heh you need an education roadmap ml: a cs degree with high math content, deeplearning.ai to get started if you cant make your own roadmap cyber: sec+ -> then oscp later cloud: aws saa data: google data analytics leave that random udemy course alone (___) zZZ you need to become a networking warrior post your builds in communities and social media reply to devs you look up to hackathons are free resume ammo cold dm SMEs > cold apply Ls every time save this and lock in for 90 days and report back meow 🥺