An invitation
Somebody thinks you are worth
more than you are being paid.
They are probably right. Almost everybody is — not because they are special, but because the market is bad at seeing work and people are bad at describing it. Those two failures compound, quietly, for years.
The Bag™ is a machine for closing that gap.
You give it what you have actually done — including the parts that were never in a job description. It tells you what that is worth, where it is reachable, and what stands between you and it. Then it shows its working, line by line, so you can tell it where it is wrong.
- No job board.What is reachable from where you stand, not what happens to be posted.
- No black box.Seven components, every one shown, every claim traced to something you said.
- No flattery.It will tell you when a move is a step down. That is the part that makes the rest worth trusting.
Know your value.
Get the bag.
Passing it on
If somebody came to mind while you were reading that, tell them. The note below is written to be sent as it is — copy it, or take the whole page as a screenshot.
I've been using something called The Bag — it works out what your experience is actually worth and where it's reachable, including the work that was never in your job description.
It shows its reasoning for every number, so you can argue with it. Thought of you.