You fail to grow as a Professional, because
– You don’t have a portfolio
– You don’t document your work
– You fail to bring up your successes when asked
– You fail to show your greatness when it matters
But hear me out
Writing a portfolio and documenting your work is often romanticized and overcomplicated by the SEO-driven articles out there on the net webs, it doesn’t have to be.
Here is what I want you to do, going forward, for every week, for a year, write down these 5 lines of information:
Template –
Date
1- Project Tech Stack: Write everything related to the tech stack and the application for the project
2 — Client Details: Company Name, Point of Contact, Website
Work Highlight:
3 — Detail 3 aspects of the work you have done in the past week
4 — To make it to the list, there needs to be a clear action and result to the item
5- The items in this list should focus on your personal contribution
Example –
Week of June 26, 23
1 — Project Tech Stack: Node JS/Backend, Nest JS/Framework, Prisma ORM, PostgreSQL, Swagger, AWS EC2
2 — Client Details: Express Apps, Elon Musk/CEO, spacenext
Work Highlight/Past Week:
3 — Developed the framework to calculate users lost on the platform per the decision made by the CEO
4 — Implemented a quick fix for misidentified human users scrapping the Twitter feed
5 — Wrote this line for people who cannot take a joke
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Do this for a year, and you will have a goldmine ready to go whenever asked to show your work, pick your favorites over the year, compile them on a page, and now you are above 90% of the pros out there.
At the heart of it – I love solving problems for people using tech, it doesn’t get simpler than that.
Some know me as a Product Manager who relentlessly executes, some know me as a mentor who hand holds them to success, some know me as a techhead who won’t stop complaining about ‘that one thing’, and lastly; some know me as that guy who is always experimenting with something new.
As long as its in the realm of tech, I am interested – because my love for tech fuels my passion – sknexus.com – and my profession – saqibtahir.com
