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by joeld42 4037 days ago
I got my first Python job by going to a user group meeting where there was an interesting presentation, and afterwards introducing myself to the speaker and handing him a resume.

As far as portfolio, I'm sure you can find someone in your friends or networks that would love for you to build a small website for them, or move their current site to Flask. If you don't know anyone looking for a site, approach local non-profits, your local library, or if you have kids or know anyone with kids, I can guarantee that the PTA at their school will have a bunch of projects that they'd love to build.

A quicker exercise that is good for portfolio is to look for web designers who have posted interesting mockups (e.g. on dribbble) and ask them for permission to build a working prototype of their mockup. This is good for both of you, and you might end up with someone you can call on to help with design work.

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Mockups into prototypes is a solid suggestion