How I Got My UK Global Talent Endorsement in Three Days

A practical guide to choosing the right criteria, building strong evidence, writing a compelling personal statement, and securing recommendation letters that actually prove your case

In July 2024, I applied to Tech Nation for endorsement under the UK Global Talent Visa’s Exceptional Talent pathway. Just three days later, I received an email confirming that I had been endorsed.

There was one unexpected detail: although I had applied under Exceptional Talent, Tech Nation assessed me as Exceptional Promise.

I was thrilled and, honestly, surprised. The published endorsement timeline was three to eight weeks, so receiving a decision within three days felt almost unreal.

After receiving my endorsement, I moved on to the second stage of the process and eventually received my visa about three weeks after submitting my passport.

Since then, I have received many questions from people considering the Global Talent route. They want to know what documents I submitted, who wrote my recommendation letters, how I demonstrated my impact, what I included in my personal statement, and whether people who are not software engineers can qualify.

But the question I think matters most is one people often ask last:

How do I know if I am actually ready to apply?

This article is my attempt to answer that question.

I will explain what I submitted, how I selected my criteria, what I believe made my evidence persuasive, how I approached my recommendation letters and personal statement, and what I would advise anyone to establish before spending significant time and money on an application.

There is an important point to make before we begin.

The real work behind my successful application did not happen during the four weeks I spent preparing my documents.

The application simply organised evidence of work I had already done over several years: building chargeback systems at Paystack, establishing processes across African markets, helping teams improve products and internal tools, scaling operations at Chowdeck, speaking at technology events, and sharing knowledge through my newsletter.

In other words, I was not trying to manufacture an impressive career in four weeks. I was documenting a career that already existed.

I first learned about the Global Talent route in 2021 through a video by Peace Itimi. At the time, relocating to the UK was not something I was seriously considering, so I stored the information away and continued with my career.

As my experience grew across Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, the possibility became more relevant. I wanted an opportunity to apply what I had learned on a larger, more global stage.

So I returned to Peace’s video, found the Tech Nation guidance, and began studying the application seriously.

What This Guide Covers

1. Learn from my application and follow the current rules
2. What counts as digital technology talent
3. Exceptional Talent or Exceptional Promise?
4. The documents I submitted in 2024
5. Conduct an evidence audit before applying
6. Build a criteria matrix
7. What does strong evidence look like?
8. How I built each evidence document
9. How I demonstrated recognition
10. How I demonstrated work beyond my occupation
11. How I demonstrated significant commercial contribution
12. Recommendation letters: choose witnesses, not celebrities
13. How I approached my personal statement
14. Your CV should be an evidence map
15. Make the entire application easy to assess
16. Stage Two: applying for the visa
17. The checklist I would use today
18. The most important lesson

1. Learn From My Application and Follow the Current Rules

This article documents my personal experience in 2024. It is not legal or immigration advice, and an application that looks similar to mine is not guaranteed to succeed.

I reviewed the official guidance again while updating this article in August 2026, but immigration requirements can change at any time.

If you are considering applying, treat the current official guidance as your primary source of information.

Start with the live Tech Nation application guidance, then read the official GOV.UK digital technology guidance and compare both with the application form and document requirements that apply when you submit your application.

Do not rely solely on this article, an old YouTube video, another applicant’s document folder, or advice from a WhatsApp group.

These resources can help you understand how other people approached the process, but they cannot replace the current official requirements.

If something I did in 2024 conflicts with the current rules, follow the current rules.

One example is the personal statement.

When I applied, I submitted a personal statement of no more than 1,000 words. However, the GOV.UK document checklist I reviewed in August 2026 does not list a separate personal statement among the required endorsement documents.

I have still explained how I approached mine because it formed part of my application and because the exercise of building a coherent career narrative remains useful.

However, always confirm what is actually required when you apply.

2. What Counts as Digital Technology Talent?

The digital technology route is designed for people who can demonstrate that they are already leaders, or have the potential to become leaders, within the sector.

Importantly, you do not have to be a software engineer.

Technical applicants may include developers, engineers, data scientists, designers and cybersecurity specialists.

Business applicants may include people with expertise in areas such as product management, commercial strategy, investment, growth, operations and other functions within product-led digital technology companies.

I applied as a business applicant.

My professional background was in Customer Success and Operations, and I demonstrated how I had applied those skills within product-led technology companies to improve products, reduce losses, increase revenue, build systems and scale operations across multiple markets.

The current list of technical and business skills covered by the digital technology route includes business profiles such as heads of operations, experienced product managers, commercial leaders and professionals who have helped significant product-led digital businesses expand.

This distinction matters.

Simply working for a technology company does not automatically demonstrate exceptional talent.

You need to show what you personally contributed, why that contribution mattered, and how your claims can be independently verified.

The Global Talent process generally involves two separate stages.

First, you apply for endorsement. For the digital technology route, the application is assessed by the relevant endorsing body.

If you receive endorsement, you then apply to the Home Office for the Global Talent visa.

An endorsement is therefore not the same thing as receiving the visa.

One of the attractive features of the route is its flexibility. Successful applicants do not necessarily need a job offer before applying and can have greater freedom to work as employees, be self-employed or run a business, subject to the conditions of the visa.

3. Exceptional Talent or Exceptional Promise?

There are two pathways:

Exceptional Talent is intended for people who are already recognised as leaders in digital technology.

Exceptional Promise is generally aimed at people who are earlier in their technology careers but can demonstrate strong potential to become leaders.

The distinction is therefore not simply about how impressive you think your career is.

It relates to factors such as your career stage, relevant technology experience, recognition and the strength of your evidence.

I applied for Exceptional Talent but was endorsed as Exceptional Promise.

That experience taught me something important: the endorsing body makes its own assessment of the evidence you submit.

It also taught me that Exceptional Promise should not be viewed as a consolation prize.

It is still a competitive route requiring a credible record of achievement and convincing evidence that you have the potential to become a leader.

There can also be practical differences between the two pathways, including differences in settlement requirements. These rules can change, so always confirm the current requirements on GOV.UK before deciding which route applies to you.

Do not choose Exceptional Promise because you assume it will be easier.

There is no shortcut.

The best approach is to choose the pathway that your evidence genuinely supports.

4. The Documents I Submitted in 2024

When I applied, my endorsement application included:

1. My CV
2. A personal statement of no more than 1,000 words
3. Three recommendation letters
4. The CVs of my three recommenders
5. Supporting evidence demonstrating that I met the mandatory criterion and two optional criteria
6. Evidence of my position as a senior executive within a technology business

The current GOV.UK endorsement checklist requires applicants to provide a CV, three recommendation letters, evidence of a relevant connection to a technology business where applicable, and supporting documents demonstrating that the eligibility criteria have been met.

There is also a maximum number of evidence documents and specific page requirements.

When I applied, individual evidence documents could be no more than three A4 pages.

My CV was two pages, while my recommendation letters were generally two or three pages, excluding supporting credentials and signing information.

Those limits forced me to become disciplined.

I could not include every detail from every project.

Each evidence document had to prove one clear claim against one specific criterion.

That mindset helped enormously.

5. Conduct an Evidence Audit Before You Apply

Before designing documents, writing personal statements or asking people for recommendation letters, ask yourself a much more uncomfortable question:

Do I actually have the evidence?

This is not an application you should approach by opening a blank document and trying to make yourself sound impressive.

Strong writing cannot compensate for a weak or missing track record.

Before applying, I would want to answer “yes” to most of these questions:

• Have I worked in a product-led digital technology company rather than simply working for a company that uses technology?
• Can I demonstrate meaningful outcomes from my work within the relevant period?
• Can I quantify those outcomes through revenue, savings, growth, adoption, users, transactions, markets, jobs or another meaningful measure?
• Can credible third parties verify the claims I am making?
• Have I contributed beyond the normal requirements of my job?
• Can I demonstrate recognition outside my immediate team or employer?
• Do I have at least three established technology professionals who have known my work for at least the required period and can discuss it in detail?
• Can I build a convincing case for the mandatory requirement and two additional criteria without repeatedly using the same evidence?
• Does my evidence tell a consistent story about my field, contribution and leadership potential?

If the honest answer to most of these questions is no, waiting may be better than rushing.

Use that time to build the record.

Lead meaningful projects. Track their outcomes. Keep evidence. Build relationships with people who can independently verify your contribution.

Think about how you can use your skills to contribute to the wider technology ecosystem.

That could mean speaking at credible events, mentoring, writing for reputable publications, contributing to communities or finding other meaningful ways to advance your field.

The best time to collect evidence is while you are doing the work.

Keep records of your achievements. Save analytics. Record dates and URLs. Keep copies of relevant publications. Ask for confirmation letters while the people and information are still accessible.

Reconstructing a major achievement years later is much harder.

6. Build a Criteria Matrix

When I applied in 2024, I needed to demonstrate the mandatory recognition criterion and two optional criteria.

The mandatory requirement focused on demonstrating recognition as a leading talent in digital technology during the relevant period.

The optional criteria covered areas such as innovation, contributions beyond your occupation, significant technical or commercial contributions and relevant academic contributions.

I chose to focus on recognition, work beyond my normal occupation and significant commercial contributions as a senior employee of product-led digital technology companies.

This was deliberate.

I did not choose the criteria I found most impressive.

I chose the criteria for which I had the strongest, clearest and most verifiable evidence.

My evidence matrix looked roughly like this:

Area I needed to prove	Evidence I used
Recognition as a leading or potential talent	Compensation history benchmarked against the market, evidence of above-market compensation, and evidence that respected global platforms had featured my work
Work beyond my occupation	Speaking engagements, a validation letter from a technology community leader, my newsletter, its content and its audience
Significant commercial contribution	A three-page document demonstrating my senior role and impact at Chowdeck, supported by a separate validation letter from a respected technology leader

The current requirements specify minimum evidence expectations for the recognition requirement and the additional criteria.

You also cannot use the same evidence document to prove multiple criteria.

Although the rules allow a maximum number of evidence documents, that maximum is not a target.

Six strong, distinct documents can be far more persuasive than ten weak or repetitive ones.

7. What Does Strong Evidence Look Like?

Not all evidence carries the same weight.

Independent and verifiable evidence is generally stronger than a claim you make about yourself.

An official company letter confirming your contribution is stronger than an unexplained screenshot.

A dated dashboard showing a measurable result is stronger than a number appearing in a paragraph without context.

A publication that identifies you and explains your work is stronger than an article that only discusses your employer.

Your written explanation still matters, but think of the explanation as the glue that connects the evidence.

For every major achievement, I tried to answer five questions:

1. What was the problem?
2. What did I personally do?
3. Why was my contribution significant?
4. What changed because of my work?
5. How can the result be independently verified?

At Chowdeck, for example, simply saying that I “led rider operations” would have been too vague.

My evidence showed that the rider network grew from approximately 80 riders to more than 5,000 within 18 months.

It connected that growth to an increase in delivery capacity from roughly 800 daily deliveries to more than 20,000.

It also showed substantial growth in monthly gross merchandise value and explained how I reduced rider recruitment and onboarding costs by more than 80%.

I supported these claims with data, charts, screenshots, evidence of my role, public reporting about the company and a detailed letter from the business.

That gave the assessor something concrete to evaluate.

Compare that with simply writing:

“I made a significant contribution to company growth.”

That sentence asks the assessor to trust an adjective.

Evidence gives them something to assess.

8. How I Built Each Evidence Document

My evidence documents were straightforward PDFs rather than elaborate design portfolios.

They were designed to be easy to read and easy to assess.

A typical document contained:

• A clear title
• A short explanation of what the document demonstrated
• A description of my personal contribution
• Quantifiable results
• Screenshots or extracts from independent sources
• Captions explaining what each visual demonstrated
• Dates and URLs where relevant
• A short conclusion connecting the evidence to the selected criterion

My Chowdeck evidence document is a good example.

The first page established that I was part of the executive team and led Rider Operations, including evidence of my position and an explanation of the scale of the operation.

The second page focused on growth and commercial results using company metrics and charts.

The third page included independent media coverage and additional evidence confirming my relationship with the company.

The document had one purpose:

Make my role and impact easy to understand.

A Practical Three-Page Structure

If the current guidance allows three pages for each evidence item when you apply, a useful structure would be:

Page One: The Claim

State the criterion, achievement and your personal role.

Put the clearest evidence near the beginning so the assessor understands the purpose of the document immediately.

Page Two: The Impact

Show measurable results using appropriate charts, analytics, official letters, product images or other relevant evidence.

Explain what each visual demonstrates and why it matters.

Page Three: Independent Verification

Include press coverage, employer confirmation, event material, public records or another source that supports your claim.

Finish by explaining how the evidence collectively demonstrates the criterion.

Do not fill three pages with tiny screenshots that nobody can read.

Likewise, do not paste a list of links into a document and expect the assessor to investigate your claims for you.

If you rely on webpage evidence, make the relevant content visible in your submission and clearly identify the source.

9. How I Demonstrated Recognition

Recognition can be difficult to demonstrate because people often confuse doing impressive work with being recognised for doing impressive work.

They are related, but they are not identical.

For this part of my application, I used evidence including several years of compensation history, market benchmarking, evidence of above-market compensation and opportunities to share my work through recognised global platforms.

One example was Founders Connect, where I discussed the systems and strategies behind Chowdeck’s growth.

At the time I prepared my application, the interview had received more than 33,000 views.

I also included credible articles discussing Chowdeck’s operations and growth.

The compensation evidence helped demonstrate how employers valued my work, while the external platforms and media coverage helped demonstrate recognition beyond my immediate workplace.

However, none of these things should be treated as automatic proof.

A high salary does not explain your contribution.

A media article about your employer does not necessarily demonstrate your personal recognition.

And a platform feature may not be meaningful if your role is not clearly identified.

For every item, explain exactly what it demonstrates about you.

10. How I Demonstrated Work Beyond My Occupation

The phrase “beyond your occupation” matters.

Doing your job exceptionally well is not necessarily the same as contributing to the wider technology ecosystem outside your employment.

For this criterion, I demonstrated activities including speaking to MBA students at Henley Business School Africa about the evolution of African fintech, speaking to a technology community of more than 300 people about building a career in Customer Operations, and sharing practical career knowledge through my newsletter, First Job.

I also demonstrated the audience I had built across several countries and the nature of the content I had published to help people enter technology and develop their careers.

I included a criterion-specific validation letter from the founder of a community that invited me to speak.

The letter explained how the writer knew me, identified the events and audiences involved, and confirmed the nature of my contribution.

This was different from my three main recommendation letters.

The three recommendation letters supported my overall application.

The additional validation letter served a narrower purpose: independently verifying a particular contribution.

Because I used it as evidence, it occupied one of my permitted evidence slots.

Community involvement also needs substance.

One social media post is not a mentoring programme.

Attending an event is not the same as speaking at one.

Being listed as a member of a community is not automatically evidence of meaningful contribution.

Explain what you did, who benefited, the scale of the contribution, when it happened and how it advanced your field.

11. How I Demonstrated Significant Commercial Contribution

For the significant commercial contribution criterion, I focused on the relationship between my work and measurable business outcomes.

I did not simply describe my responsibilities as Rider Operations Lead.

I explained the problems the company faced, the systems and processes I built, the teams I worked with, and the measurable changes that followed.

My evidence connected my work to the growth of the rider network, delivery capacity, revenue, cost savings and the company’s ability to serve more customers.

This distinction is important.

A company’s success is not automatically your personal success.

If your employer grew from one million to ten million users, you still need to explain your contribution to that growth.

What did you personally do?

Why was your contribution significant?

Who can verify it?

What evidence connects your work to the result?

The assessor needs to understand the difference between the company’s achievement and your own contribution to that achievement.

12. Recommendation Letters: Choose Witnesses, Not Celebrities

Recommendation letters are among the most important components of the application.

Mine came from:

• The co-founder and CEO of Chowdeck, who had known my work at both Paystack and Chowdeck
• A former manager at Paystack who had directly supervised me
• A senior Customer Success leader at Paystack who had worked with me for several years

They were credible people, but their credibility was not the only reason I selected them.

They had personally seen my work.

That matters.

A famous founder who met you once at a conference may be able to write a flattering paragraph.

But a former manager who can explain the problem you solved, the systems you built, the product you influenced and the money you saved may produce a much stronger recommendation.

Choose people who have sufficient standing within the technology industry and, equally importantly, enough direct knowledge of your work to provide specific examples.

Under the current guidance, recommenders must meet the relevant requirements for established expertise and length of relationship with the applicant.

The letters should explain:

• How the recommender knows you
• Your achievements
• Why you are a leader or potential leader
• How you would benefit from working in the UK
• How the UK technology sector could benefit from your contribution
• Your plans for future work

They must also comply with the current formatting, signature, dating, page and credential requirements.

Always check the live GOV.UK guidance before giving your recommenders instructions.

I gave my recommenders approximately three weeks because I wanted them to have enough time to think carefully about what they would write.

Do not send someone a message on Friday asking for a detailed recommendation letter by Monday.

Give them the current requirements, your CV, your career plans and a factual list of projects they personally observed.

You can remind them of dates, metrics and achievements to make the process easier, but the final letter should reflect their genuine experience of working with you.

Most importantly, your three letters should not sound like copies of one another.

If every recommender uses the same examples, wording and structure, the letters may appear manufactured.

Ideally, each person should provide a different perspective on your career.

The strongest letters do not simply say:

“X is excellent.”

They explain:

“Here is what X did, here is what happened as a result, and here is why that achievement demonstrates leadership potential.”

13. How I Approached My Personal Statement

When I applied, the personal statement was limited to 1,000 words, and I treated it as the spine of the application.

My CV documented my career.

My evidence documents proved specific claims.

My recommendation letters showed how experienced professionals viewed my work.

The personal statement connected everything into one coherent story.

I began with the curiosity that drew me towards technology and followed my journey from studying History and Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos to working at Paystack, Stitch and Chowdeck.

Across those roles, I repeatedly found myself solving a similar type of problem:

How can technology companies build better systems, serve customers effectively and scale across African markets?

That became the thread connecting my career.

I then connected that experience to my future in the UK.

I explained why I was interested in areas such as fintech and food technology, the types of Operations and Customer Success roles I planned to pursue, my ambition to grow into senior operational leadership and eventually build a technology company, and the type of contribution I hoped to make to the UK technology ecosystem.

The plan was specific enough to be credible and directly connected to my existing experience.

If a personal statement or equivalent narrative is required when you apply, it should answer questions such as:

• Who are you beyond your current job title?
• What recurring problem have you learned to solve?
• Which achievements provide the strongest evidence of that ability?
• Why does your career demonstrate leadership or leadership potential?
• Why is the UK the logical next step for your career?
• What specifically do you plan to do there?
• Which industries, companies, communities or problems align with your plans?
• What knowledge, skills or perspective will you contribute?

Saying that “the UK has a vibrant technology ecosystem” is not a plan.

Explain the connection between your experience and the opportunity you want to pursue.

My experience covered African fintech, food technology, multi-market operations, Customer Success and rapidly scaling teams.

My UK plans therefore focused on areas where those experiences could remain relevant.

That continuity made the story believable.

Consistency is also critical.

If your CV says you joined a company in 2020 but your personal statement says 2022, fix it.

If a recommendation letter attributes a result to you but your evidence credits someone else, resolve the discrepancy.

If you describe yourself as a product leader but none of your evidence demonstrates product work, the application may feel inconsistent.

I recommend organising your evidence before writing your personal statement.

Once you can see your strongest achievements, the recurring problems you have solved and the way other people describe your work, the most credible story usually becomes much easier to identify.

Even where a separate personal statement is not required, this exercise can help you make your CV, recommendation letters and evidence documents more coherent.

14. Your CV Should Be an Evidence Map

My application CV was two pages and included my career history, education and relevant publications.

More importantly, my work-experience bullets focused on outcomes rather than generic responsibilities.

I wrote about scaling a rider network, reducing recruitment costs, maintaining delivery performance as volume increased, preventing significant chargeback losses, building help-centre resources used by thousands of businesses and contributing to product improvements alongside Engineering and Product teams.

The current guidance allows a typed CV of up to three sides of A4 and asks applicants to include their career and relevant publication history.

I would still recommend keeping it concise.

A longer CV is not automatically a stronger CV.

In fact, excessive detail can bury your most important achievements.

Think of your CV as an evidence map.

A major achievement mentioned on the CV should connect naturally to stronger evidence elsewhere in your application.

Do not introduce impressive claims on your CV that appear nowhere else.

And make sure your dates, job titles and numbers match the rest of your application.

15. Make the Entire Application Easy to Assess

An assessor should not have to solve a puzzle to understand your career.

I used clear filenames, readable layouts, short explanations, captions, dates and visible sources.

I converted the final documents to PDF and reviewed every page carefully.

I checked that:

• Screenshots were readable
• Charts had enough context
• Numbers matched
• Sources were visible
• Letters were properly signed
• Files stayed within the required limits
• Confidential information was appropriately redacted
• Hyperlinks worked
• Repetition was removed

My friend Ope Adedeji helped me proofread the application, and having another thoughtful person review the entire package was extremely useful.

However, do not simply ask your reviewer:

“Does this application look good?”

Ask more useful questions:

• What do you think my strongest claim is?
• Which achievement is unclear?
• Where do you doubt that I personally caused the result?
• Which document feels repetitive?
• Which claim needs stronger evidence?
• Can you explain my career story after reading the application?

If another person cannot understand your story, there is a good chance an assessor will struggle too.

16. Stage Two: Applying for the Visa

After receiving my endorsement, I moved on to the visa application itself.

As a Nigerian applicant in 2024, I needed a valid international passport and a recent tuberculosis test from a UK Home Office-approved centre.

I completed the remaining application and biometric requirements, submitted my passport and received confirmation approximately three weeks later that my visa had been granted and my passport was ready for collection.

That was my experience in 2024.

Your process may be different.

Requirements can vary depending on your nationality, where you are applying from, whether you are switching from another visa inside the UK and other circumstances.

The document and eVisa processes can also change.

For that reason, use the current Stage Two GOV.UK guidance and the instructions provided in your application account.

Most importantly, remember that receiving an endorsement does not automatically mean you have been granted the visa.

The Home Office still assesses the visa application separately.

17. The Checklist I Would Use Today

If I were preparing another application today, this is the checklist I would use.

Eligibility

• I have read the current GOV.UK and Tech Nation guidance.
• My role and experience fit the digital technology route.
• Where required, my experience is within product-led digital technology businesses.
• I have chosen Exceptional Talent or Exceptional Promise based on evidence rather than ego.
• My strongest achievements fall within the relevant period.

Criteria and Evidence

• I have copied the current criteria into an evidence matrix.
• I have the required number of strong documents for the recognition criterion.
• I have the required evidence for two additional criteria.
• I am not using the same evidence document to prove multiple criteria where prohibited.
• I have stayed within the maximum number of evidence documents.
• Every document follows the current page limits.
• Every major claim identifies my personal contribution.
• Important results are quantified wherever possible.
• Major claims are independently verifiable.
• Screenshots clearly show relevant dates, sources and URLs where required.
• Confidential information has been appropriately redacted.

Recommendation Letters

• I have three suitable established experts.
• Each recommender has known my work for the required period.
• Each letter has been written specifically for the Global Talent application.
• Each letter contains different and specific examples.
• The letters explain my potential contribution to the UK.
• Each letter meets the current formatting and page requirements.
• Letters are signed and dated.
• Required contact and organisational details are included.
• Required recommender credentials are included.

Story and Presentation

• My CV focuses on relevant achievements and publications.
• If a personal statement is required, it answers the relevant questions and remains within the word limit.
• My CV, statement, letters and evidence tell the same story.
• Dates, job titles and numbers are consistent.
• Every document is readable.
• Every file has a clear name.
• Someone independent has reviewed the complete application.

Visa Stage

• I understand that endorsement and the visa application are separate stages.
• I know the deadline for using my endorsement.
• I have checked the current passport, tuberculosis, biometric, translation, fee and healthcare requirements that apply to my circumstances.
• I am following the latest Home Office guidance rather than relying on an old checklist.

18. The Most Important Lesson

When I graduated from the University of Lagos with a degree in History and Strategic Studies, I did not imagine that I would eventually be endorsed through a visa route designed for leaders and potential leaders in digital technology.

My first proper role in technology was in Customer Support.

Over time, however, I learned to own difficult problems, work with technical teams, build systems, use data, improve products, scale operations and share what I learned with others.

Those decisions gradually created the body of work that I eventually presented to Tech Nation.

That, more than anything, is the lesson I took from the application.

The Global Talent application is ultimately an evidence exercise.

Writing matters because it helps the assessor understand the pattern.

Presentation matters because it makes the evidence easier to evaluate.

Recommendation letters matter because credible professionals can validate your contribution.

But the foundation is still the work itself.

If you are considering applying in the future, start building and documenting your record now.

Track the outcomes of your work.

Keep the evidence.

Document your achievements while they are still fresh.

Build genuine relationships with people who can speak honestly and specifically about your contribution.

Contribute to your wider technology ecosystem.

Then, when your record is strong enough, organise everything into one clear and consistent story.

Do not spend your energy trying to sound exceptional.

Build a career that gives you something exceptional to demonstrate.

And when the time comes, let the evidence do the talking.

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