Build the Proof Library

Keep a single linked document that holds every artifact you would point a hiring manager or skip-level to: shipped projects, published writing, internal memos cleared for sharing, talks, recognition. Update it the week the work happens, not the week you need it — memory decays fast, and the specific numbers you will wish you had are always the ones you forgot to write down.

A proof library you maintain monthly turns into a portable career asset. The next time someone asks "what have you been working on," you do not search — you send a link, and the artifacts answer for you while you stay focused on the next piece of work.