Build a portfolio that talks about your judgement

The strongest portfolios do not try to look busy. They make a few choices easy to understand: what changed, why it mattered and what you learned while making it. Start with the problem, show the constraint, then walk through the trade-off that shaped the result.

The useful test is simple: can another person understand what you chose, what you learned and what they could try next? If yes, your work has started to travel.