A career journey at a company is really about trajectory.
As a manager, I’m there to help aim and fire, but your range is tied to how you're aligned to the business, work, and industry.
A couple of things we look at:
- business impact
- engineering impact
- social impact
My engineer had multiple accomplishments so we wrote about 1-2 themes in each section and included a bulleted list of key accomplishments backed by links and evidence. Past tense.
I also took screenshots of major and public work meetings where there was a presentation or some sort of knowledge shared outside of my immediate team.
I look several levels up the career and at least one level down. I also keep the career ladder open and leverage that language when I’m writing.
It’s easy to get short-sighted and forget there’s life & work beyond 1 promotion.
Adding visuals helps break up all the text. Sometimes showing is better than telling.
I also use and collect feedback from others.
Search and screenshot in Slack.
Throughout the year I try to shout out ICs when there’s cross-collaboration, and if it gets mentioned or talked about a level above me, it gets documented. 👀
As a manager, I’m there to help aim and fire, but your range is tied to how you're aligned to the business, work, and industry.
A couple of things we look at:
- business impact
- engineering impact
- social impact
My engineer had multiple accomplishments so we wrote about 1-2 themes in each section and included a bulleted list of key accomplishments backed by links and evidence. Past tense.
I also took screenshots of major and public work meetings where there was a presentation or some sort of knowledge shared outside of my immediate team.
I look several levels up the career and at least one level down. I also keep the career ladder open and leverage that language when I’m writing.
It’s easy to get short-sighted and forget there’s life & work beyond 1 promotion.
Adding visuals helps break up all the text. Sometimes showing is better than telling.
I also use and collect feedback from others.
Search and screenshot in Slack.
Throughout the year I try to shout out ICs when there’s cross-collaboration, and if it gets mentioned or talked about a level above me, it gets documented. 👀