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Hacker News - Sat, 03/29/2025 - 12:10pm
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Show HN: Engineer Your Next Promotion

Hacker News - Sat, 03/29/2025 - 12:04pm

I built Xferro after experiencing the pain of ambiguous performance reviews firsthand. As software engineers, we build systems to track everything—except our own career progression. Xferro helps engineers systematically document their impact, track achievements against promotion criteria, and build a compelling narrative for performance reviews. It transforms your daily work into promotion evidence. The idea came after watching brilliant colleagues get PIPed or stagnate simply because they couldn't effectively communicate their contributions. Technical excellence alone isn't enough in most companies; you need to master the meta-game of visibility and impact demonstration.

Key features:

Impact tracking dashboard that aligns with how engineering managers actually evaluate performance Templates for documenting technical and non-technical contributions Promotion criteria frameworks from major tech companies Analytics to identify gaps in your promotion case 1:1 preparation tools to make manager conversations more productive

I've been developing this for the past few months based on interviews with 40+ engineers who either successfully earned promotions or had negative review experiences. Currently in private beta with a small cohort of engineers. Looking for feedback from the HN community—especially from those who've been on either side of the performance review process. Would love to hear your thoughts, criticism, feature ideas, or personal experiences with this problem.

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