#1 My first PM boss Angel Cordero had a file naming convention that allowed me to find the right version fast (not hunt for v1 or vFinalFinal). The format: FileName_YYYYMMDDx. E.g.: RockelaneOverview_20211004a.pdf Bonus: When you files alphabetically, it is auto sorted by date.

But probably that's a tip that's sort of irrelevant in today's world of shared and collaborative documents! So here's #2 👇

In a meeting, a PM I knew through @Quibb in 2014, he told me that it is more considerate to name your meeting subject "YourName<>TheirName" instead of "TheirName<>YourName", so your invitee can easily see who their meeting is with (your name isn't truncated in a compact view).

Tagging a few to continue! But anyone reading please feel free to add to it :) @conradsuse @LadyAshBorg @FarmerAlexE @giomate @berkson0 @gwenshap

@srikrishnang Sometimes steer the bus near the side of the cliff so everyone can see what could happen if something goes wrong. Eg let the problems you solve gain some visibility - if you just close them and no one sees, they will not understand your contribution

@srikrishnang My second boss and now a very good friend, told me to use spreadsheets in a way that it can be filtered easily. I used to add values like 20 hours, 30 hrs, and then summing these would be tough. Smallest thing but I have been using it diligently every single time.

@srikrishnang In my work. I have many to and fro communication to be saved in a chronological manner. We simply use 01 From xx date. 02 To xx date. After say multiple discussion. It would be easy to construct the same story later as well.

@srikrishnang Another thing I follow is. To maintain email register with structured subject in excel. Project name_equipment name_issue will be the subject of the mail. In the excel I have the subject, date, status. This is done only for important subjects.

@srikrishnang always ask for the more context, and endgame. People often come with the solutions they have in mind but they may not be a good fit with what you can or should do. If you ask for more context it immediately makes the discussion on "how to solve the problem" easier.

@srikrishnang I used to struggle managing my mailbox during my initial days at work and one of ex-boss helped me solve this problem - his tip was to simply leave the email unread, up until the issue / query is resolved (the anxiety over unread emails goes away once you get habituated)

@srikrishnang Maintain a brag list that helps you prepare for your introspection/appraisal/resume/interviews. You won't scramble later. Due credits to @manas_saloi

@srikrishnang Ask someone who has no context to read your important email and tell what they understand; since we spend so much time on issue, the emails on them can be too high level and not easily understandable by the receiver

@srikrishnang To understand foreign accents, especially in voice calls, watch movies with those accents facing the wall, you improve your listening skills, attention span; most of the time we understand foreign movies with visuals rather than the dialogues.