Once again I have been pretty impressed with my classmates’ work! I think that there is some real skill on display and evident in all of these presentations.
One of the advantages of being forced to come up with a portfolio is that it makes one evaluate one’s body of work very critically. As I’ve been listening to my aural historical record (ie: a hard drive full of bounced mixes) I have been pretty happy to note my development. It is increasingly clear the progress I’ve made this year.
There are some moments when we sit in class and wonder what this is all doing for me. But when we step back a little and see things from a bigger picture, we are better able to appreciate the growth and development in our work.
As I said, this has been something I’ve noticed in other people’s work also. I recall some of the presentations from first semester, and can see that we’re all getting bigger and better at what we’re doing.
Our portfolio is an opportunity to convince people that we can ‘cut it’ in the real world.
Now I’m not really someone who enjoys the act of ‘selling myself’ at all. But I have been able to do it reasonably well in job interviews when required – so I know how to flick on that switch.
The construction of a portfolio is clearly one of those ‘job interview’ moments when we need to turn on the self confidence and professionalism as part of the presentation.
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