You and @datacitron.bsky.social did a fantastic job. We could see the joy and passion you both have for the book and it was so fun seeing the behind the scenes.

And yes, all for not having to haul a heavy bag of books! 😂

Oh.......welp.

How much do you think exploratory vs explanatory factors into this?

Great answer! :) How do you choose which projects to talk about or show during interviews?

Do you practice elevator pitches for specific projects? What details matter most?

This leads me to wonder about the MVP of portfolio projects. Early career folks share whatever they have, generally, and working professionals share their best works, which could have taken months to make. But what bare minimum requirements would side projects need to meet to go into a portfolio?

For careers like this, where it might be understood by the majority that portfolios are minimal to non-existent, how important are they in the hiring process? Do you feel you even need to put in the effort to create/maintain one?

I've remade my portfolio three times already, twice for exactly the reason you describe - frameworks get updated & it's just as easy to sit down & recreate it from scratch as to try untangling the chaos of errors & updates. I just remade it in wix cause ain't nobody got time for that anymore, haha.

Why every 5 years? And updating content, aesthetics, or both?

All with your great support and feedback!!

Thank you!! 😊

Wouldn't have been possible without the amazing graphics team at SciAm, @jenchristiansen.com, @unamandita.bsky.social, and space feature editor @clarakm.bsky.social.