Not sure which tile your work falls under? Find your role below for concrete examples of how to log a typical week.
Engineer / Developer
Standardize & Scale — Automating a manual deployment step, writing a reusable internal library, setting coding standards.
Build the Future — Building a new microservice or platform, prototyping an AI-powered feature.
Run the Business — Fixing a production bug, on-call support, shipping a release.
Pilot & Improve — A/B testing a new algorithm, building a proof-of-concept for feedback.
Administrative Activity — Standups, sprint planning, timesheets.
Product Manager
Standardize & Scale — Creating a reusable PRD template, documenting a repeatable roadmap process.
Build the Future — Defining next-gen product vision, scoping a new market opportunity.
Run the Business — Triaging customer feedback, prioritizing the bug backlog, answering stakeholder questions.
Pilot & Improve — Running a feature pilot with select customers, analyzing pilot results.
Administrative Activity — Roadmap reviews, status reports, 1:1s.
Designer
Standardize & Scale — Building or maintaining the design system / component library.
Build the Future — Designing a new product concept or exploring a future UX direction.
Run the Business — Fixing UI bugs, supporting an in-progress feature release.
Pilot & Improve — Running usability tests, iterating a prototype based on feedback.
Administrative Activity — Design reviews, sprint planning.
QA / Support
Standardize & Scale — Building an automated test suite, writing reusable support documentation/FAQs.
Build the Future — Designing the test strategy for a new platform.
Run the Business — Handling customer tickets, running regression tests, resolving bugs.
Pilot & Improve — Piloting a new support tool, testing a new feature flow before rollout.
Administrative Activity — Ticket triage meetings, reporting metrics.
Data / Analyst
Standardize & Scale — Building a reusable dashboard template or reporting pipeline.
Build the Future — Building a new data platform/pipeline, exploring a new ML model.
Run the Business — Answering ad-hoc data requests, maintaining existing reports.
Pilot & Improve — Running an A/B test analysis, testing a new metric definition.
Administrative Activity — Data governance meetings, documentation.
Manager / Lead
Standardize & Scale — Creating a team playbook, scaling the onboarding process.
Build the Future — Defining team strategy, planning a new initiative.
Run the Business — Unblocking the team, handling escalations, performance reviews.
Pilot & Improve — Piloting a new team process and gathering feedback.
Administrative Activity — 1:1s, timesheets, budget/headcount admin.