Title: i read a book best described as dark patterns 4 office politics. It was sociopathic. I disliked it.. but here we&#x27;re. I gotta develop my office political skills asap. share ur wisdom nuggets<p>I&#x27;ve noticed who writes the best code doesn&#x27;t matter and there&#x27;re opportunities which no one will offer, u have to take them<p>Laws of prosperity:<p>1) Prioritize VISIBILITY<p>- ask ur way into bigger meetings show interest in biz&#x2F;product side, biz start to trust u and u become the crucial bridge<p>- propose new ideas as question to whoever above u&#x27;d listen<p>- do value work. emergency fixes and high ROI projects. lots of PRs alone are of no value<p>- give presentations, move cards in trello. updates to manager his&#x2F;her manager. ask 4 future plans<p>- bigger things udo, more biz and architecture knowledge gets locked up in ur head, more valuable u become<p>- propose &amp; get entire project to yourself. leaving grunt work. massive visibility<p>- go hard on crucial proj. visibility is double edge sword. keep spacing<p>2) Socialize<p>- do this u&#x27;re already beating most of engineering team. hangout, talk daily<p>- remember what ppl say<p>- talk about industry<p>- get to know their network in the company<p>- ask questions only they can answer<p>3) Get transferred to non-eng team<p>- u&#x27;re THE engineer in marketing, adops...<p>- become go to tech person, do their tickets fast. eventually ask to join their team. u&#x27;ll have so much industry specific knowledge.<p>4) Make it hard 4 others to encroach ur territory<p>- 4 new projects structure ur code differently than rest. no frameworks. big files. minimal comments. u get it done in 1 day.<p>- use new tech. most would be too lazy to pick it up and be totally happy to give that part of the code base to u. to mgmt, u&#x27;re the owner of this code now = more valuable.<p>- use odd conventions &amp; make sure every PR adheres to it. nobody will like that code.<p>goal is to do min work, max impact and have all the cards
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