Stage 5 · Lesson 4 of 7
Starting your work log
Start a in your first month and add to it every week. Some people call it a brag document. For each item, write what you did, why it mattered and the evidence: links to , tickets, incident notes and messages of thanks.
Include learning milestones and invisible work, such as helping a teammate, fixing docs or reviewing code. In a first job it has three uses. It makes your easy.
It gives your probation and first facts instead of memory. And it shows you your own progress on days when return.
Common trapstarting it the week before a review, when most of the year is already forgotten.
A question to check yourself, an AI practice session and 1 cheat sheet entry come when you add the roadmap to your account. Add it
Resources for this stage
Start with· follow one of these
- GuideFreeGet Your Work Recognized: Write a Brag Document
Julia Evans
Julia Evans on keeping a record of your work, with a template you can start this week
- GuideFreeThe Update, the Vent, and the Disaster
Michael Lopp
Michael Lopp on what one-on-ones are for and how to make them worth the time