What's stopping you from making your work and achievements more visible?

This is totally relatable.

Currently, for quite a few people, I set the standard.

This totally tells me you are worthy!

Thanks for sharing the video - it was super interesting.

Yes, being able to articulate the value we bring takes a lot of practice, even more so because of the tendency to undervalue our own contributions.

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Visibility held me back earlier in my career when I started reporting into engineering/dev managers instead of QA managers. Over time I realised there are things QA managers naturally pick up on around the way you work that engineering managers are likely to miss.

A couple of things that helped me out:

  • I started keeping a daily journal, then before any 1:1s or reviews I would pick out anything notable and make sure I got it in front of my manager.
  • I took more of an interest in setting goals. Where possible it’s good to be explicit, maybe by adding a clear list of points to hit. Anything vague can be left open to interpretation (fairly sure I’ve missed out on promotions because of vague goals!).
  • If you get a chance to help other teams or interact with senior management - do it. The more people who are aware of how you work the better.
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