Among others, it helped me get a job abroad where I otherwise wouldn't have even been considered. This alone due to the lack of knowledge of the local language, and the job was in enterprise sales... I figured this out way later into the job as someone in that startup's leadership was impressed by it!
Overall, I think your blog is a portfolio of sorts.
As one of my friends told me back in the day. "If you can't write code, write instead, just write." And if you can do both (i.e. write code, as well as interesting, candid and valuable content), get your custom server-side rendered blog set up and start typing like so many others here on HN! :)
EDIT: Just like someone else mentioned here, I've also been featured on the front page of Hacker News and it heated up my Droplet VPS server quite a bit. Vanity all the way it is, haha!
Overall, I think your blog is a portfolio of sorts.
As one of my friends told me back in the day. "If you can't write code, write instead, just write." And if you can do both (i.e. write code, as well as interesting, candid and valuable content), get your custom server-side rendered blog set up and start typing like so many others here on HN! :)
EDIT: Just like someone else mentioned here, I've also been featured on the front page of Hacker News and it heated up my Droplet VPS server quite a bit. Vanity all the way it is, haha!