TAKES
What should get you promoted?
Twelve promotion packets, each describing a different job.
EVERYONE'S RIGHT
Every answer
AlexThe Architect“The system three other teams now build on.”
JoThe Cowboy“Shipping. Count my deploys.”
RileyThe Minimalist“The services I deleted. Negative lines count double.”
TaylorThe AI Native“Everything my agents shipped. I manage them.”
MorganThe Threat Modeler“The breaches that never happened. Hard to demo.”
ChrisThe Sovereign“Every vendor invoice I made disappear.”
PatThe Enterprise Adult“Owning the outcome when it mattered. And the budget.”
MayaThe Visionary“Bets that changed the company. Ten tries, one legend.”
NoraThe User Advocate“Users who never needed to contact support.”
HugoThe Perfectionist“Nothing broke, and the team never worked a weekend. I did.”
RuthThe Maintainer“Twenty-three years and nobody noticed. That's the job.”
GregThe Hedger“Zero bad decisions. I made zero decisions.”
🔬 IN THE FIELD GUIDE