On my last day at work, I asked my manager if he could give me some advice for my next job. (I'm a smart cookie, and I made sure to leave with all my bridges intact!) This is what he told me:
1. Give more feedback to your manager. Don't wait for him to ask you for an update. Update your manager immediately via email or a quick conversation. Maybe even send him a weekly summary of what you have been working on.
2. Don't send out emails when you are angry. You don't want to develop a reputation as being a hot head. Just think of XX who has a reputation of being difficult. And now even though he is improving and is talented, he's having a very hard time moving up the ladder. No one wants to work with him
3. Keep taking classes from the university extensions program because that will build your resume
4. Be more proactive. Don't wait for the manager to assign you a project, seek work out.
I think it's very significant that both my manager and my coworker mentioned reputation. I never realized that reputation was that important. But now it seems like common sense!
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