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Perhaps with some sort of score that rewarded accomplishing things more than just talking about them. Then you could look at someone's score and trust that they've accomplished more. Seems meritocratic, but also somewhat dystopian, honestly.


I’ve trended in the opposite direction. I don’t particularly enjoy taking about any successes I may have had and I don’t care to make sure others (including in the company I work at) are aware.

It’s not great for career progression. But I actually don’t care about that. So instead of playing that game I play one I actually care about which looks very different than one where exposure matters.




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