Document Yourself
summary
A practical playbook: a career starts with a one-page Word doc and survives layoffs (team drops from 25 to three people), so build reusable artifacts that prove impact. Turn proprietary work into anonymized drafts, redacted excerpts, flowcharts or slide decks, or negotiate legal clearance. One deep chapter takes 80 hours to write but reads like minutes. Host work on Squarespace portfolio or GitHub, carry a printed brag book, and try a club sandwich exercise to demonstrate simplification.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 0:23First Portfolio
- 3:07Why Do You Need a Portfolio At All
- 5:18Identifying Your Best Work
- 5:32Audience
- 8:46Proprietary Work
- 9:19Working with Your Manager
- 11:32Negotiating with Your Manager
- 13:01Context-Sensitive Work
- 18:32Displaying Your Work
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