WorkPortfolio. A sneak peak.
Show, don't tell.
Over the past few months I’ve been building something I wished existed.
A simple portfolio builder for people who do work that shows better than it tells.
I’ve been a professional generalist for years. That was part of my actual job as a management consultant - to just come in and help figure stuff out - and it’s been the theme for my work the past 15 years.
In almost all my roles, I’ve worked on projects, not on vertical progressions of the same thing. Some projects were similar, some wildly different.
And over that time I’ve built a sweet skill set. But it doesn’t show well on a resume and gets buried on LinkedIn. Usually it takes 15 minutes of conversation before someone says “oh I see what you do.”
I’ve always wished I could show my work, show the projects that I’ve worked on, instead of telling about them in a resume. Just say “I built all of this” and show a few pictures.
I wished I had a portfolio.
But portfolio builders kinda stink. You have to buy a domain, figure out how to use the software, find a template that fits your work (what template fits a generalist who does data analysis and also designs products?), figure out what to write …
Its too hard and takes too long.
I wanted a dead-simple portfolio builder to show my work.
So I made it. It’s called WorkPortfolio. No templates, no domain setup, no fluff.
Just a clean, one-page portfolio where you can show your past work — and prove you’re legit.
It’s not quite ready yet — I broke a few things this week rebuilding the backend (🫠). But I wanted to give you a first look at the homepage:
Next week I’m aiming to launch a working version, and I’d love your help.
I need 5 beta users who are ready to make their own portfolio and give me honest feedback. Know someone?
If you’re curious to try it, reply to this email and I’ll give you early access.
It’s free!
I’m excited to share it with you!
Have a wonderful weekend :)
– Nate
PS. I’m working on a longer article about living and working well with AI and I’d like to submit it to a publication. I’ll be about 2,500 words. DM me if you know of a place where my writing might fit well. FreePress? WSJ? Word on Fire?