Tools & Frameworks

• The Career Pre-Mortem Technique

  A career pre-mortem imagines failure before committing to a move. Here's how to run one in 30 minutes — and why it surfaces risks that optimistic planning hides.

• Career Scenario Modeling: IC, Manager, Founder Paths

  Don't choose between career paths abstractly. Model the actual scenarios — IC vs manager vs founder vs portfolio — over 5–10 years. Here's how, with the variables that matter.

• How to Run Your Own Performance Review

  Your employer's review serves their needs. Run your own to serve yours. Here's the structure: outcomes audit, growth audit, trajectory audit — with the questions worth asking.

• Career Compounding: Why Small Moves Matter

  Big career moves get the attention. Small moves do the actual compounding. Here's how the math works — and why the unglamorous habits produce the most disproportionate returns.

• Career KPIs: What to Track

  Most career metrics produce noise. Here are the few that actually predict trajectory health — across compensation, scope, skill, and relationship dimensions.

• Career Velocity: How to Measure It

  Career velocity isn't just promotions per year. It's a multidimensional measure — scope, skill, comp, network — that exposes drift before it becomes regret. Here's how to track it.

• Building a Personal Career Dashboard

  A career dashboard turns vague intuition into visible data. Here's the seven metrics worth tracking and the simple structure that makes a dashboard useful instead of busy.

• Decision Journals for Career Choices

  A decision journal records what you decided, why, and what you expected — so future you can grade past you. The single highest-leverage career-reflection habit. Here's how.

• The Annual Career Narrative: Writing Your Own Story

  Once a year, write the story of your career as it stands. The act forces clarity, exposes themes, and produces the language you'll use in interviews, intros, and conversations all year.