One file with all your details, ready to paste. The thing you build before a website, not after.
"People keep saying make a portfolio. I do not even know what that means for someone with no clients yet."
A beginner, being honest
The short answer: a portfolio document is one simple file, in Google Docs or Notion, that holds everything a client or application asks for: your name, your title, a short description, your achievements, your skills, the tools you know, and all your links.
You need it because applications ask the same questions over and over. With this file, you paste instead of retype. You also need it because it is the honest home for your wins, even small ones, so that when a client asks what you can do, you are not guessing. You are reading from something real.
A website is a someday. A document is a today. The doc is free, fast, and it gets you applying this week. The pretty site can grow out of it later. Do not let "I need a website first" be the reason you do not start.
Hold steady, BFF Team. We keep going together.
– Lala