Starting from the assumption that self reviews make sense only in companies where you are left with full freedom;in places where you manager actually tells you what to do, they are meaningles.
That said, in the former kind on company (the one that allows you to break you neck as you wish), I find extremely educational doing self-reviews, especially if you do them incrementally as the year passes by so that, by the time the review is needed, you just need to "JIT" the document and serve it out.
It provides a way to tell in advance if you are working on something that feels like bullshit on paper.
That said, in the former kind on company (the one that allows you to break you neck as you wish), I find extremely educational doing self-reviews, especially if you do them incrementally as the year passes by so that, by the time the review is needed, you just need to "JIT" the document and serve it out. It provides a way to tell in advance if you are working on something that feels like bullshit on paper.