The brag doc

Here’s the best career advice I ever received as a product manager: “product-manage your own career.” I wish I’d internalized it sooner. Early in my career, I stayed quiet and did good work, assuming the right people would notice. Spoiler: they didn’t—not because the work wasn’t good, but because nobody else was tracking it. Treat yourself as a product. What are your features? What are your bugs? What does your roadmap look like? And critically: who’s keeping the changelog? Nobody’s keeping score for you# Unless you’re a professional athlete, nobody’s compiling your stats. Your manager has their own deliverables, their own manager to impress, and a dozen other direct reports. They aren’t maintaining a highlight reel of your career. That’s your job. In remote organizations, this problem compounds. There’s no hallway reputation, no casual office face time, no lunch with the VP where you happen to mention your project. If people don’t see your work in pull requests, issues, or public…