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I've never had goals that are project-specific. Some examples of the types of goals I have had: To lead engineering on a project that has at least one other en
by a_c_s 5y ago
I've never had goals that are project-specific. Some examples of the types of goals I have had:
To lead engineering on a project that has at least one other engineer attached to it.
Or go review 3 PRs/week from teams other than my own.
Or to give a presentation at least every other month to the engineering guild.
These types of goals would be much less affected by changing priorities.
- lmkg 5y agoSeveral of those goals are still subject to the whims of factors outside of your control. E.g. "lead engineering on a project that has at least one other engineer." What if no project comes about? What if you start such a project and it gets canceled by strategic re-alignment? What if management keeps re-assigning the other engineer out from under you? What if executive leadership decides a larger project is priority #1 and demands 100% of your time? What if your division re-organizes how it assigns work and changes what it means to "lead" a team? Not attaching goals to specific projects is certainly step number 1, and insulates you from some measure of change. But all of your goals are still subject to varying degrees of being de-valued or re-defined after a year's time.