As you build your technical skills, your next step is to create your own open-source software project, to demonstrate those skills to the world.

Ideally it will be a project that is fun for you to create, and also will teach you about a new technology you are interested in...

But its primary purpose is to be marketing asset. An asset that is marketing YOU.

I call this your Artifact. Your Artifact is a dynamic marketing asset which efficiently signals your elite status to the job market, and attracts the opportunities you want.

Every word of this matters: