Setting goals as a senior individual contributor
summary
Creates a personal backlog of vetted initiatives, prioritizes by company needs and risk, and matches items to explicit growth areas. Uses a spreadsheet with commitment and impact columns (what will be done, how success is measured), marks a single main goal plus secondaries, and trims by delegating. Sets goals quarterly, breaks each quarter into quarterly → two six‑week milestones, does weekly reviews, collects before/after feedback, and publishes the plan so others see what is and isn’t being worked on.
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chapters (20)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:38Getting promoted
- 2:34Working with different teams
- 2:57How does that change
- 3:15How do you know
- 3:34Context
- 4:03Busy Work
- 4:30High Impact Work
- 5:29Backlog Process
- 9:18Delegation
- 10:16Write it down
- 12:08Example
- 12:56Sharing your goals
- 15:24Repeat
- 15:41Timeline
- 18:37Coding
- 19:13Finding the time
- 20:51Setting goals
- 23:04Whats next
- 25:00Your Role
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