That is an up to date & abridged model of the talk I gave at a number of conferences throughout 2022/23, including Beyond Tellerrand, CSS Day and FFConf.
If you are taking only one thing away from this article, I need it to be this: please construct your own webpage. Somewhat house on the independent internet. A mirrored image of your character in HTML and CSS (and just a little bit of JS, as a deal with). This could be an expert portfolio, listing your accomplishments.
It might be a blog where you write about things that matter to you. It might even be one thing very bizarre and pointless (even higher) - I love a good single-joke website. Ultimately, it is your house and you can do whatever you need with it. In the early days of the web, there have been quite a bit of sites like this.
People would build websites for their families, fansites for bands they favored, or just homepages they full of random junk. It was a fun thing to do, and a good way to connect with folks.