If you like the job and want to stay there a while, I would suggest also keeping a tickler file of your accomplishments. Refactor a particularly nasty bit of co

If you like the job and want to stay there a while, I would suggest also keeping a tickler file of your accomplishments. Refactor a particularly nasty bit of code and everyone went "whew!", write that in your tickler file. The reason is, if they mention anything negative about your time in your next review, you have your tickler file of accomplishments as a way of demonstrating how effective and productive you really are. Sure, it's more work and nobody who matters likes to toot their own horn, but it is best to keep data on your accomplishments. It makes writing self evals easy. It makes writing your resume easy. And, it makes sticking up for yourself in reviews[0] easy. Likely, however, they are not really going to say anything. Some managers are old school and simply feel collecting time on everything is the way it's done, but end up doing nothing with the data because they're lazy. [0] On the subject of reviews. If you ever walk into a review and have no idea what is going to be on the review, your manager is doing everything wrong! Leave that job as soon as you possibly can. Period.