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My boss told me to write my own letter of recommendation....?

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Truean:
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chaoticag:
Well, you've won some court cases, right? Those might be worth putting down on there? Also, is he the only person in charge? If there was another person that wrote his legal documents, maybe you ought to talk to him/her?

But see if you can highlight your good points and have him sign it or something? This is generally an odd situation, but I'm sure writing it in his name isn't exactly ethical.

Zangi:
Co-workers?  Attorneys like you? Are they writing their own letters of recommendations too?  Consult them?  It may help to bounce off noteworthy stuff and to reign in each other when getting too far ahead. 

It may or may not turn out well?

EDIT: Perhaps go as far as writing the recommendation for each other if relations are decent/professional.

weenog:
Pretend you're making a sock puppet account for fake support on a forum or wiki, and smart enough not to be obvious about it and get caught.  Talk yourself up as much as possible, but for each point step back and ask yourself whether it seems unnaturally glowing, too close to the situation, or uses idiosyncratic phrasing that points back to you, and if necessary revise the point until the answer is no.

Depending on your boss' sense of humour, you might also write one that reads like a superhero biography and slip him that one first, just for giggles.

Truean:
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