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Maybe Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink would interest you. For example, he talks about playing the long game. Those petty office politics will maybe make you win in the short-term, but in the long run I have much more confidence in Jocko's take on work.
Politics or not, you aren't like to go far writing u , ur and u're .
Stop abbreviating everything
This is why I hate office politics.
This is why I quit and built my own company from ground up. I can't tolerate office politics it probably is the first reason why there are so many self employed people out there.
Except for 4 how is that “dark”? As a company owner I would love to have an engineer getting interested in the business side and maybe becoming a partner. But I would pass on a sociopath applying a playbook for their personal gain.
As someone who believe in pushing the envelope on new tech, I always try to consider the actual situation (i.e. current tech stack in the company, competence within the team, effects on future hiring, a reasonable onboarding path for new hires. Etc.)
It’s hard work, and it is honestly infuriating that these frauds would abuse it to create a career moat around themselves.
Prioritize visible value for the business. Both parts - visibility and value - are important. Doing valuable things in secret won't help you. Doing visible things whose value others don't understand won't help either. Point 4 is a joke. It is better developed here: https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code . Your time is better spent on the other 3 areas.
> Point 4 is a joke. Exactly. And to the extent that I started to wonder if this whole post is an attempt to troll. The text speak only adds to the impression. With that said, a cursory look suggests the user profile of the submitter appears legit and has contributed meaningfully to other discussions.
Can anybody tell me why anyone would want to join a non-eng team?