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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 13:26:01 JST clacke

   I'm helping my manager write good things about myself for internal review and my skin is crawling.

   This is *not* my natural mode of talking about myself.

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     Patrick V. 🇧🇪🇹🇭 (patrickv@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 13:46:27 JST Patrick V. 🇧🇪🇹🇭

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     @clacke It never is in a corporate environment (which I assume you're in?). You're in what I call “LinkedIn mode”. That's bound to make your skin crawl…

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 13:46:27 JST clacke

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     • Patrick V. 🇧🇪🇹🇭

     @patrickv Yeah, no corporate environment, no such thing as "internal review". In smaller places I just hung out and solved problems with friends.

     Now I need to rephrase that as proactive engagement with clients, contributing to team spirit and working with an innovative mindset that provides premium value to stakeholders and shows commitment and responsibility.

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     sudo beep (xurizaemon@toot.cafe)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 17:52:27 JST sudo beep

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     @clacke an idea: Practice, by writing good things about your teammates to your managers. (I've been trying to do this lots, it's rewarding. IDK if it'll help with the self-regard challenge.)

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 17:52:27 JST clacke

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     • sudo beep
     @xurizaemon I like that idea!
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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 20:43:30 JST clacke

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     • penguin42
     @penguin42 I tried to think of good things my colleagues have said during peer feedback, then I basically wrote for each point that I am what I strive to be, and he said with my input plus his own concrete points he had good material to work with.
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     penguin42 (penguin42@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 20:43:31 JST penguin42

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     @clacke Look back through your mail for stuff that worked well; especially something where someone else thanked you for fixing/doing something; double especially if they were more senior or from another group.

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     LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 30-Sep-2023 04:50:44 JST LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}

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     @clacke This sounds like your boss is trying to justify retention before layoffs get announced.
     
     Even if it is, I'm glad to see you impressed them so much that they're willing to make that effort.