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Live marketplace
Make this concrete enough that another engineer can understand what you built and why.
CAREER PROJECT · Advanced · 2–3 weekends
Two-Sided Marketplace MVP
Build listings, search, saved items, messaging and role-specific workflows.
ReactAPIsSQLSearchAuth
DEFINITION OF DONE
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Seed data
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Schema diagram
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Role flows
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Test plan
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Shipped a two-sided marketplace with authenticated role workflows, search, persistence and deployment.
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STRETCH GOALS
Go deeper if the core is already solid.
Payments sandbox
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Moderation
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Recommendations
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