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		surajrmal 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Career Development: What It Means to Be a Manager,... The higher up you go the more important it becomes to make an impact to teams outside the purview of your boss. So I'm not really sure this holds.

grumpy_coder 4 months ago [–]

in this context 'your boss' is usually a level or two above your direct manager on org chart Take it as the most senior person you can get regular face time with, this also needs to be gamed.

guappa 4 months ago | [–]

I thought it went without saying… That's how you get promoted over your boss and become his boss.

I've seen it happen.

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