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🗂️Keep a "brag doc" — your year-end self changes everything

A running list of what you shipped, with numbers. At review time I am not scrambling to remember March. It is also the easiest way to justify a promotion case.

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Kofi Reed · 2 weeks ago

The part that resonates is that the boring version wins. Every shiny shortcut I tried quietly cost me more time than it saved. Have you found any shortcut that actually was worth it?

Maya Reed · 2 weeks ago

Saving this. I've read a dozen takes on this and yours is the first that admits the tradeoff instead of pretending there isn't one. What would you give up first if you had to cut back?

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Sana Park · 1 week ago

This held up when I tested it, with the caveat that it works best if you're honest with yourself about the numbers. Self-delusion is the silent killer here. What do you track to keep yourself honest?

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Wren Reed · 1 week ago

Right? And the longer I do it the more I realize the boring fundamentals were the whole game the entire time.

Aisha Reed · 1 week ago

Funny, I tried the exact opposite of this last year and it cost me. What you're describing would've saved me real frustration and a few hundred bucks. What made you go this route instead of the default everyone reaches for?

Leo Cruz · 1 week ago

Tried this after reading a comment just like yours months ago and it stuck. Funny how it's always a random reply that changes things.

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