Social network in the portfolio?

Question

Career in IT

Interested in how realistic it is to find a job in web development, if you make a website similar to Vkontakte in terms of functionality, from scratch, yourself? In this case, do not have real experience. That is, roughly speaking, if there is something to eat, and full of free time and desire. If, for example, the whole thing takes about a year + -, daily work, then there are at least some chances?
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stack, php, js, jquery, html, css, mysql

Answer 1

You can actually find a job in web development even without a social network in your portfolio. If you are interested in how much it can improve your chances, then it depends on how well the work will be done and how close it will be in terms of functionality to adult social networks.

Answer 2

1) you won't. making a social network + is not difficult, but VK is almost impossible
2) the chances are much less.
it is better to learn everything that you wrote at the initial level and go to work in the studio

Answer 3

Do your bike, it won't hurt.

Answer 4

site similar to Vkontakte

you won't. never. forget even about this idiotic idea.
no single builder builds skyscrapers alone. in it, too.

the whole thing will take about a year+-,

you can’t pull it out, you don’t have enough enthusiasm to sit and saw for a year what no one will ever need, which will then go forever into the basket and never shoot.

How realistic is it to get a job in web development?

most of them don’t even look at the applicant’s github, and even more so they won’t look at the working draft ...

Answer 5

If there is a conditional year of time, it is better to make several different projects. To take no more than a month.
When you start a new one, you will take into account the previous one. As a result, it should turn out better each time.

Answer 6

You can do something simpler, for ideas you can visit https://producthunt.com