Comment by WalterBright
6 days ago
Nobody writes books about managing your manager, which seems odd. I practiced it, and it worked well for me.
6 days ago
Nobody writes books about managing your manager, which seems odd. I practiced it, and it worked well for me.
"Managing up" is the term: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/managing-up.
It's secret knowledge!
It's rather obvious. He is your customer. Figure out what he wants and deliver it.
Ah but the art is in figuring out what he actually wants! Not what he ideally would want, says he wants, or is supposed to want.
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