This is debatable. Your manager or director will promote you, only if you work on projects that make them look good, not on projects that make you look good.
2 weeks ago | 8
They will swamp you with tasks for their pet project and you won't have time to come up with your own project, let alone work on it.
2 weeks ago | 8
Completely disagree w this comment. It’s a function of the growth of your business unit, and your teams ability to influence the business unit. If you have no growth in the business, or the engineering team doing “next level work” does not impact the business, then you will see no rewards. I learned this the hard way: I was stuck at SE2 for 4 years, trying to swim against what the business needed from engineers by going above and beyond. Moved teams and made senior and then staff in 18 months. Part of being a high level engineer is not getting stuck on dead end teams, not every business/team needs staff+ level work to succeed.
2 weeks ago | 3
There's also only so many promo projects and investments,.question is what's the order for promotions and if you don't like the spot you're in what are you going to do about it? Wait, change teams or companies
2 weeks ago | 1
I think it’s a reality that many managers cannot identify or create promotion-worthy opportunities. I’m not sure if there’s a proper way to incentivize this.
2 weeks ago | 0
Not true. Maybe in big company with lots of growth - like amazon I work for small company and low growth Limited promotion and mentoring opportunities 😢
2 weeks ago | 0
How about you identify a lot of problems and propose your solutions and you drive leadership consensus and your boss said we don’t have enough people to work on that and you need to work for someone else so they can get promoted, and next time you ask, your boss said that person promoted with lead the project you proposed.
2 weeks ago (edited) | 0
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“I can’t get promoted to senior because my manager isn’t assigning me promotion-worthy projects.”
Lack of scope for senior and beyond is BS.
There are always promotion-worthy projects to do.
Your manager just doesn't know about them.
For senior levels and above, it's on you to find scope.
Solving impactful problems nobody asked you to solve is part of operating at the next level.
The reality of any large organization is that there are more problems than people.
If you can't find one, you aren't looking hard enough. Open your eyes.
The people who advance don't wait for their manager to hand them the perfect project. They identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities that others miss to make a big impact.
Your job is to scope impactful problems and solutions to your manager that they didn’t know about.
Your job is to find problems worth solving.
You need to show your boss that you’re capable of doing next level work by doing next level work.
Your manager can't promote you to a level you haven't already proven you can operate at.
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