Is doing your work enough?

What makes people think that you are right person for the job?

A person delivers the module in time and gets a pat from the boss. It is a good sign to be noticed. But as time passes the expectation on him grows and if he continues doing the same thing, it does not lead him anywhere.

How to sustain the performance consistently over time?

Consider an example of development
Knowing the module alone will not help the person grow. This is fine at the beginning of the career. But in the long run to the person needs to know what others are working on.

The list of things that need to be known by any person:

• A comprehensive view of the project
• The architecture of the project that he is working on
• The advantages and disadvantage in it.
• The ability to fix an issue of other modules or at least trigger out the problem
• Can the code be moved to production environment
• Analyzing the requirements
• Value addition to the team
  

These are necessary to know your contribution to the project. Develop an interest in learning other work outside the scope of the module. Make people depend on you to an extent, but not totally dependent on you. It is not necessary that you should be involved in all the aspects of a project but get involved in as many aspects as you can. It is very tough to get these points when you are new to the industry. As time passes try to show your interest by doing some of the above.

This is just one of the ways to show that you are interested. By following all these it is YOU who will be benefited. Whatever may be the field you are working, this approach is universal. Follow these and it will make a difference for you.