Guides

Practical notes on career records, portfolios, and preparing for a job change.

• What should I track to manage my career?

  What to record for career management

  Resumes stall for lack of evidence, not memory. Five minutes a week — a title and one piece of proof — is enough.

• What if my design work has no performance numbers?

  Building a portfolio when the work has no metrics

  Don't invent metrics. Change the kind of evidence: before-and-after, scope, and adoption stand in for numbers.

• What order should I prepare a job change in?

  How to prepare for a job change

  Don't start with the resume. Gather two years of evidence first; the sentences come last.

• How do I write a weekly work review?

  A weekly work review that doesn't die

  Reviews die because the template is heavy. Five minutes on Friday, one fact and one judgment, carries all the way to your next resume.

• What is a brag document and how do I keep one?

  A brag document is evidence, not bragging

  A dated personal record of what you did and why. Strip the adjectives and it feeds reviews, promotions, and resumes as-is.