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The career operating system that turns proof into promotions for top performers.

You did the work. Porter builds the case from the meetings, feedback, and wins you'd otherwise forget — and makes you impossible to overlook.

Porter · Dashboard · Week 19, May 4–10
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Good evening, Julian.

Fri May 8 · 21:50 · Week 19 of 52
Readiness On track · 3 of 6 criteria met
Highest leverage · Update · Sarah hasn't heard from you in 17 days

Draft an update for Sarah before the Monday review.

Your sponsor missed the API latency win. Porter pulled three pieces of evidence and a draft. Six minutes if you act tonight; twelve if you wait until Monday morning.

Open draft → Why this matters Snooze to Mon
Stakeholder coverage
6/8touched in 14d
↘ 2 going cold
Initiative momentum
3moved this week
↗ +1 vs last wk
Evidence pipeline
4candidates pending
2 from May 5 1:1

Used by top performers to accelerate careers at:

Google OpenAI Goldman Sachs McKinsey & Company Anthropic Apple Palantir Cravath Stripe Morgan Stanley Anduril Bain & Company Microsoft Databricks Blackstone Deloitte Meta Citadel Latham & Watkins Amazon
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I'd been ‘almost ready’ for two review cycles in a row. Porter showed me the single gap that actually mattered, gave me a quarter-long plan to close it, and tracked the evidence as it landed. I made Staff on the next cycle.

MT
Marcus T.
Staff Engineer · Stripe
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The promotion conversation took fifteen minutes.

PN
Priya N.
Senior Product Manager · Anthropic
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Every Friday I close the week with an actual record instead of a vague feeling that I'd been busy. Over a quarter, those records became the most honest performance review I've ever walked into.

DK
David K.
Engineering Manager · Databricks
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Evidence, not anecdotes. Principal on the first attempt.

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Sarah L.
Principal Designer · Figma
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Porter turned three years of scattered work into a case I could actually defend in the room.

JW
James W.
VP of Engineering · Ramp
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It quietly tracked the relationships I kept letting go cold: the partner I hadn't briefed in months, the practice lead who'd lost sight of my matters. Closing those gaps shifted how I was seen far more than any single result did.

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Elena R.
Senior Counsel · Cravath
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The promotion wasn't louder work. It was legible work, and Porter made the difference visible.

MC
Michael C.
Associate Partner · McKinsey
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I stopped re-explaining my impact every cycle. Porter assembled the case week by week, so by the time review season arrived the work had already spoken for itself.

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Aisha B.
Director of Product · OpenAI
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My review held no surprises. I'd seen every signal coming for months.

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Thomas H.
Managing Director · Goldman Sachs
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The first tool that respected how senior people actually think about a career.

RP
Rachel P.
Senior Manager · Deloitte
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Six months in, my skip-level could name exactly what I'd shipped and why it mattered. In eight years that had never happened. Not because the work wasn't there, but because no one had ever made it this easy to see.

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Daniel O.
Staff Product Manager · Palantir
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I used to dread review season. Now it's a summary of something I'd already built.

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Nina S.
Senior Engineer · Anduril

For people who want to get there faster, and want the receipts to prove it.

Porter is for ambitious professionals, from new grads to senior executives. Whether you're already moving fast and want to move faster, or you've done the work and are tired of waiting to be seen, Porter gets you to the next level sooner.

It is not a productivity tool. It's the difference between doing the work and getting the title.

  • You're already on a strong trajectory, and you want the next promotion to come sooner, not on schedule.
  • You've been quietly told you're "on the bar" for two cycles in a row.
  • Your sponsor is genuinely supportive, and genuinely hasn't seen your last three wins.
  • You can name the gap, but you can't name the plan to close it.
  • Friday afternoon arrives and the week dissolves into a feeling, not a record.
  • You'd rather build the case once, slowly, in private, than hustle it loudly in the last six weeks.

Everything you need to build the case.

The system that gets you noticed, promoted, and paid.

Readiness

Know exactly how close you are to the next level. Porter shows you your gaps and recommends concrete actions to help you close them.

78%
Case readiness
4 of 5 criteria met
✓ Case ready
Scope of ownershipMet
Cross-team influenceMet
Delivery track recordMet
Next-level behaviour Unmet Met
✓Lead the Q3 reliability review
Goals & Initiatives

Turn the next level into specific initiatives, then do the work that moves them. The plan and the proof, kept in one place.

Career trajectory
✓
Senior PM
Current role
+
Set next goal
Principal PM
Next promotion
Initiatives
Own platform reliability KPI0/4
Mentor two senior PMs1/3
Land the cross-org launch2/5
Stakeholders

See the relationships that decide your trajectory, sorted by who's gone quiet. Increase your influence before the room forms its view.

ML
Marcus Lee
Director, Platform
Cooling
41d ago
PR
Priya Raman
Staff Engineer
Steady
12d ago
DR
Daniel Roy
Sr. Director, Product
Strong
8d ago
SC
Sarah Chen
VP of Engineering
ColdStrong
85d agoJust now
Meetings

Walk into the important rooms prepared and leave them structured. Porter keeps you focused on the meetings that actually shape your case.

Wed14:00
Skip-level · Sarah Chen
Decision
✓ Prepped
Prep — Porter drafted
Frame the Principal-scope ask
Bring 3 reliability wins as proof
Name the gap you're closing
Mon09:30
Sprint planning
Retro
Tue11:00
Design review
Calibration
Thu16:00
Team sync
1:1
Feedback

Gather candid input from the stakeholders who matter, outside the HR-owned review systems. The signal you need, when you need it.

Evidence

Every win and every lesson, captured as it happens. By review season, your case has already written itself.

Evidence 23
Task complete Retro note
Cut API p95 latency 220ms → 187ms
from task + retroTechnical
Aligned 3 teams on launch sequencing
from meeting noteStrategic
Mentored PM through first ship
from 1:1Leadership

Plus everything else that keeps the climb on track:

Weekly Checks Monday Plan Friday Review 1:1 Prep Promo Packet STAR Stories 360 Requests Sponsor Tracking Skip-level Briefs Calibration Prep Career Timeline Quick Capture Role Criteria Quarterly Proof Manager Sync Review Readiness Win Log Peer Benchmark Quiet Mode + much more

Porter is the only true career operating system, built to help you get to the next level.

One platform with fully integrated AI for the case, the plan, and the proof, all in one place.

Feature comparison of Porter against LinkedIn, Teal / Sprout, a career coach, and ChatGPT / Claude.
Feature Porter LinkedIn Teal / Sprout Career coach ChatGPT / Claude / AI
Personal AI career coach Yes — Always on, knows your context Not supported. Not supported. Partially supported. Partially supported.
Promotion planning Yes — Your roadmap to the next level Not supported. Partially supported. Supported Partially supported.
Work journal / evidence log Yes — Auto-logs every win as proof Not supported. Partially supported. Partially supported. Partially supported.
Feedback tracking Yes — Turns feedback into action Not supported. Not supported. Partially supported. Partially supported.
Stakeholder notes Yes — Track who's in your corner Partially supported. Not supported. Partially supported. Partially supported.
Turns work into promotion stories Yes — Turns your year into your case Not supported. Partially supported. Partially supported. Partially supported.
Remembers your career context over time Yes — Knows your whole career history Not supported. Partially supported. Not supported. Partially supported.
Built for internal advancement Yes — Move up without moving on Not supported. Partially supported. Partially supported. Not supported.
Built for external job search Partial — There if you ever leave Supported Supported Supported Supported
User-owned career record Yes — Yours to keep, forever Partially supported. Partially supported. Partially supported. Partially supported.

Pricing that scales with your ambition.

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Liquid design principle

Porter uses glass only where it clarifies a layer: translucent surfaces, visible hairlines, and restrained blur. The interface should feel responsive and composed, never decorative.

  • Layered surfaces over heavy shadows
  • Hairline borders define hierarchy
  • Motion and blur stay purposeful

Core

The essential career system for weekly capture, readiness, and review-week proof.

$ 12 / month

Billed monthly. Switch anytime.

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  • All six features: Readiness, Goals, Stakeholders, Meetings, Feedback, Evidence
  • Personal AI career coach, with Core monthly usage included
  • Weekly checks, promo packet, and your full career record
  • Private by default — invisible to your employer

Pro

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More AI capacity and deeper strategy for going after the next level at full pace.

$ 29 / month

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  • Everything in Core
  • Expanded AI capacity for coaching, drafting, and recommendations
  • Deeper analysis: stakeholder strategy, calibration prep, brand assessment
  • Priority access to new pro diagnostic features

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Questions, answered.

Everything you need to know before you start building your case.

No. Porter is a personal product, owned by you and private by default. It isn't connected to your company's HR systems, and nothing you track is shared with your manager or your employer. What you build in Porter is yours alone.
A coach gives you an hour every few weeks and starts each session half-remembering where you left off. Porter is always on, knows your full history, and turns the week you're actually living into evidence as it happens. It's the difference between occasional advice and a system that compounds.
Both plans include the full system: all six features and your complete career record. Core is built for the weekly operating rhythm: capture, readiness, evidence, and review-week export. Pro adds more AI capacity, deeper stakeholder strategy, calibration prep, and priority access to new diagnostic features.
No. You can complete the full setup and explore Porter for free, no credit card required. A paid plan unlocks the core features: the AI coach, your readiness map, and everything that turns the work into a case.
No. A promotion is one outcome, but Porter is built for the whole arc: performance reviews, long-term career planning, and knowing where you stand at any point. It's a career operating system, not a promotion checklist.
Your career record belongs to you. It powers your personal AI coach so the advice reflects your real history, and it stays private to your account. It's never sold, never shared with employers, and yours to keep if you ever move on.
Porter starts working the first week, giving you a clear readiness picture and a sense of the gap worth closing. The real compounding happens over a quarter or two, as the evidence accumulates and your case writes itself. It's built for the long game, not a six-week scramble.
You can cancel anytime. If you cancel, monthly plans stop at the end of your current billing month; annual plans run through the term you've paid for, and then don't renew. Either way, your career record stays exportable and yours to keep.

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