Creating a personal user manuals is a recent trend. It’s designed to help people understand an individual better in the workplace - a personal API of sorts. I think it’s an interesting exercise so I collected all the user manuals I could find. Sharing them here.
Examples:
- Claire@Stripe (Featured in High Growth Handbook): http://growth.eladgil.com/book/the-role-of-the-ceo/insights-working-with-claire/
- Cassie: https://medium.com/@cassierobinson/a-user-manual-for-me-d3a851fbc694
- Ben@Shopify: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LGL7fh5zWx8XqHRBra51LcMIHCUluqrdXZ_-XBTXqlg/edit#slide=id.g23dc7fe4e12_85](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LGL7fh5zWx8XqHRBra51LcMIHCUluqrdXZ-XBTXqlg/edit#slide=id.g23dc7fe4e1_2_85)
- Roy@Slack: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1df5MALZKZU6lOeIXUiO-h6ReFM3KuIpnapSE97IZnX4/edit#slide=id.g2cf5bbf228_0_544
- Rands@Slack: http://randsinrepose.com/archives/how-to-rands/
- JayDesai@PatientPing: https://cdn.filestackcontent.com/SS7xTRITymhxGQQ37eaY
- Rick Pastoor: https://rickpastoor.com/userguide
- Alexander: https://www.notion.so/Alexander-s-personal-user-guide-48283f8de730407f92e9e413501f9e2e
- Pete: https://medium.com/@PeteVowles/working-with-me-a-user-manual-b07f1b47f8f9
- Werk Slim: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/werkslim/issues/werk-slim-een-gebruikershandleiding-voor-jezelf-120623
- http://herlein.com/about/
- Tom Forström https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hBF01m7GgCuPqmvazvydZsdGzv7UAHDYmnKP3yJsYCU/edit
- https://medium.com/@nlevin/open-sourcing-myself-3b19977cf1b3
- https://hackernoon.com/12-manager-readmes-from-silicon-valleys-top-tech-companies-26588a660afe
- Sarah Downey: https://medium.com/@sarahadowney/my-user-guide-in-10-tips-dc85485a8526
- https://ben.gracewood.nz/quirks/
- https://medium.com/@arthegall/a-user-guide-from-my-five-year-old-2b0793fe4cff
- https://blog.michaelaffronti.com/2019/01/02/my-manager-readme-file-for-2019/
- http://tantek.pbworks.com/w/page/19402879/CommunicationProtocols
- https://www.notion.so/User-Guide-7333f9546e9d4f17912e799ae5fe5114
- Oren Ellenboghen (VP Eng @ Forter in Israel): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sx5ssYb_xMrmwPpyjD5xP7RvQ7cHweDYlRGn2SXztKw/edit#