Designing personal projects that help you learn and apply for jobs

I usually start with a problem familiar enough that I do not waste time learning the domain, but broad enough to practice architecture and delivery thinking.

The areas worth investing in most are user flows, data design, and deployment, because those are the signals that push a project beyond a basic demo.

If a project runs end-to-end, includes CI/CD, and has concise documentation, its persuasive value becomes much higher.