Yes, this is so well-articulated! I hadn’t thought to put it this way, but this matches my experience too — “digital garden” and “fancy resumé” are two different jobs to be done.
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my theory on the personal site vs portfolio as someone who changes mine offen or not at all, is it depends on the audience. a portfolio site is fine but if also want a presence to "express" yourself, it's a different task. combining those jobs is what makes it so tough
yeah it's so dependent on goals but once I realized this it freed me a lot from the binaries that can happen, especially when you're in management and not driving as much creative work hands on
The combination of portfolio site + blog for ideas is working really well for me, I enjoy the cross-pollination going on there as well
Once you arrive at the "i dont need this site to land me a job" is where it gets both fun but annoying because it's figuring out how & what to present and why. But it's freeing not to have to preen for disparate strangers.