when everyone wants to be you

original publish date: 31st May, 2010

decades on …

Nobody has ever delivered anything single-handedly, except me, of course, as accurately mentioned on LinkedIn and described in detail in my CV.

And if you don’t believe me, ask my highly curated, pre-briefed professional references. They’ll tell you.

transcript

FTE #1: “Company X did a project exactly like ours last year. See if we can get the same person they used.”

FTE #2: “I checked online. Apparently, 26 different people managed to single-handedly deliver that project.”

FTE #1: “Hmm.”

Caption: You can gauge your project’s success by the number of people who take credit for it on LinkedIn.