What is the benefit of the guided interview mode?

The interview mode uses targeted follow-up questions to help you articulate the 'why' and 'how' of an experience, which is essential for high-quality resume bullets and blog posts.

Where is my professional data stored?

All logs and profiles are stored locally on your machine in the ~/.things/ directory, ensuring your professional history remains private and portable.

How does the skill extract information automatically?

The skill analyzes your recent conversation history and any text provided in the arguments to identify titles, impact levels, and specific skills used, reducing manual data entry.

Can I track soft skills like leadership and influence?

Yes, the skill includes specific interview paths for influence, leadership, and decision-making to capture the full scope of your professional impact beyond just writing code.

Professional Experience Tracker

Name: Professional Experience Tracker
Author: brennacodes

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Productivity & Workflow

Captures and structures professional accomplishments, lessons, and insights directly from your development workflow.

The Professional Experience Tracker (thing-i-did) is a specialized utility designed to help developers document their career growth in real-time. By extracting context from active terminal sessions or conducting guided interviews, it transforms fleeting work moments into structured records of accomplishments, technical decisions, and lessons learned. This skill ensures that critical details needed for resumes, performance reviews, and blog posts are captured with high fidelity, cross-referencing entries against your personal professional profile and skill-building goals.

Key Features

01Adaptive guided interview mode for deep-diving into specific experiences

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03Automated context extraction from conversation history and command arguments

04Cross-references activities against building_skills and aspirational_skills profiles

05Preserves granular technical details, metrics, and organizational context

06Classification of entries into accomplishments, lessons, expertise, decisions, or influence

Use Cases

01Conducting post-mortems on technical failures to capture 'hard-won' lessons

02Building a comprehensive 'brag document' for performance reviews and promotion cycles

03Preparing for behavioral interviews by cataloging specific STAR-method examples during active development

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add brennacodes/brenna-plugs thing-i-did

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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