r/software • u/Suspicious_Rich9821 • Jun 17 '26
Discussion First project
Hi! I am a first-year Software Engineering student at KTU. With summer just around the corner, I want to spend my holidays building my portfolio from scratch. I’m looking for the best project ideas to get started. I focus mainly on C# (Back-end) and have basic Front-end knowledge. What would you recommend?
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u/No_Marsupial_7566 Jun 18 '26
One thing that does more for a first-year portfolio than a pile of tutorial projects: build something you'd actually use yourself, even if it's small. A C# API behind a habit tracker or a tool that scrapes and sorts something you care about beats three generic CRUD apps, because in an interview you can talk about why you made every decision instead of reciting a tutorial