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the moments your resume brags about at parties it wasn't invited to.
means a significant achievement or turning point marking real progress in someone's professional life.
from from the roman miliarium, stone markers placed along roads every thousand paces to show distance traveled — someone eventually pointed the metaphor at ambition instead of highways.
loses meaning fastthe word gets used for every minor promotion now
not always upwardgetting fired can become one, in hindsight
linkedin inflationturned attendance certificates into celebrated achievements
for instance
steve jobs 1997 return — rehired at apple after being ousted in 1985
oprah's 1986 syndication — the moment a local show became a national institution
kobe bryant's 81 points — 2006 game that redefined his career's scoring legacy