You Can't Self-Issue Reputation — Why a 60-Second AI Portfolio Won't Get You Hired

A 60-second AI portfolio proves what you built — but it can't prove you'll deliver, because you can't self-issue reputation. The attestation gap (claimed → observed → attested), and the enforceable fix: provenance, a passing-eval badge, and a non-self-issuable vouch. A green build said NO-GO; one honest human flipped it to GO.