A big regret of those who've been laid off:
They wish they documented their career accomplishments & accolades.
But...It's never too late to start!
Create a "Career Management Doc" -->
update it consistently & often
I call mine a "Career Hype Doc."
Here's how it works 🧵👇
It includes 3 phases:
• Now (current & past achievements)
• Next (what you want to accomplish over the next few quarters)
• Future (long-term career goals)
It captures 4 perspectives:
• Outcomes that you directly or indirectly enabled
• Track learnings: something new you did or a new skill you learned
• Impact you had on others (this is where you hype yourself up!)
• Add screenshots, artifacts, links, tweets
Pro Tips:
• Set a weekly calendar reminder to update the doc
• Keep it bookmarked & visible so it's readily accessible
• Start a Slack channel that is only you called #hypedoc or #wins to log things you want to add into your Hype Doc (it's like having a timestamped journal)
Grab the template I created in Google Docs and start yours now!
4 Things I Regularly Do As a Seasoned Remote Product Manager to Manage My Time & Get Shit Done
(without any "productivity" apps)
🧵👇
#1: Schedule heads-down work blocks on my calendar
The key here is to *communicate* & *protect*
•I put up an away message on Slack
•I communicate to my team ahead of going "heads down"
•No meetings on Fri & first half of Mon
•Stack as many meetings on Tue & Wed
#2: End my work day by planning for the next one
•Create a checklist of top 3 things to tackle the next day
•Write it down on a post-it & put it on my monitor
•This is the ritual that signals the end of the work day