Personal projects are more important than ever

3 years ago I did a video on "How to Build a Project That Will Actually Get You a Job". It is crazy how much has changed since then. I still think there is value in creating these projects to help your chances of getting a job, but they definitely don't have as much sway as they used to. The reason of course is due to AI. How does a hiring manager looking at your profile know you didn't just vibe code the whole thing? The main points I covered in that video still apply though. The code was never the important part of the project. What matters most: Deploying your project - Anyone can just vibe code something and have it run on their local machine. Getting the project live is a different skill set and not one that AI can easily help with. Show your process - It is great that you built something, but I would be more interested in why you built it. When code is cheap it is worth spending time to think whether this should have been built at all. Testing and Monitoring - Unless prompted,…