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LESSON 6 · The Promotion Blueprint

Show Progress Publicly

Share milestones in team channels and all-hands meetings. Visible progress compounds your reputation faster than a finished product does. A three-line weekly update — what shipped, what is blocked, what is next — turns silent work into career signal.

Post dated updates: "Week 3 of [project]: reduced [metric] by 15% so far." Each update is a breadcrumb managers add up unconsciously. By the time you ask for recognition, the evidence is already on the record.