>>> Certainly someone must have an idea what the company does.
>>
>> Remember that "the company" consists of less than 10 humans [decimal].
>> When a company is that tiny, they don't necessarily have a grand
>> "corporate vision" laid out in meticulous detail.
>
> Well, I'm assuming it's not a lawnmowing business, or a garden centre, or
> an aircraft manufacturer.
>
> So the product must do *something* specific.

Very loosely, computer security software.

> Don't say things like "if I didn't do it, someone
> else would" because the point of the self-assessment is that /you did
> it/.  It wasn't someone else.

Sure. It's just that I don't feel like I wrote anything that nobody else 
in the room could have easily written, that's all.

>> Well, this year I wrote code for about 25 different small tasks. A list
>> of 25 items seems a little excessive though...
>
> Start with the list of 25 items, then work with your manager to classify
> the items in more broad categories if necessary.
>
> I had performance reviews/self assessments/goals that included maybe 4 or
> 5 main categories, each with a half dozen items under them.  That's not
> unusual.

OK...

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