![]() But my manager was really thankful for it – I think his perspective was “this Weird to be like “hey, uh, look at all the awesome stuff I did this year, I wrote a long document When I first wrote a brag document I was kind of nervous about sharing it with my manager. share your brag document with your manager There’s a basic template for a brag document at the end of this post. “hype document” or “list of stuff I did” :). Where I work we call this a “brag document” but I’ve heard other names for the same concept like Review season! This is a pretty common tactic – when I started doing this I mentioned it to moreĮxperienced people and they were like “oh yeah, I’ve been doing that for a long time, it really Maintain a “brag document” that lists everything so you can refer to it when you get to performance The tactic is pretty simple! Instead of trying to remember everything you did with your brain, here’s the tactic: write a document listing your accomplishments So if your manager is going to effectively advocate for you, they need help. Given an evaluation like “exceeds expectations” (“X’s work is so awesome!!!!” doesn’t fly). And they need to explain to other people why you should be promoted or ![]() Your manager doesn’t remember everything you didĪnd if you don’t remember everything important you did, your manager (no matter how great they are!) spent a few weeks helping get an important migration over the line.did a small-but-important security project.Not-so-small) things that I completely forgot I did, like: I always end up finding small (and sometimes Launch emails, design documents, and more. I invariably end up having to spend a bunch of time looking through my pull requests, tickets, In reality, more in “I forgot what cool stuff I actually did”. This is a kind of demoralizing feeling and it’s usually not based One thing I’m always struck by when it comes to performance review time is a feeling of “wait, whatĭid I do in the last 6 months?“. You can also skip to the brag document template at the end. What I’m learning, and what I’d like to be doing differently. The ideas here haveĪctually been more useful to me to help me reflect on themes in my work, what’s important to me, This blog post isn’t just about being promoted or getting raises though. So I want to talk about a tactic that I and lots of people I work with have used! Rewarded for it just because the people making the decision didn’t understand or remember what youĭid. It’s frustrating to have done something really important and later realize that you didn’t get More complicated than that – some kinds of important work are more visible/memorable than others. Recognize that work and reward you for it with promotions / increased pay. There’s this idea that, if you do great work at your job, people will (or should!) automatically
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