What are your political tricks?
How do you do politics at work? What are your success stories?
Solve problems for my manager before being asked. Get on a first name basis with the CEO and executive team.
Constant, useful communication with your manager. Read his/her body language and solve problems early before it was even asked. Estimate time for a project correctly. Don’t overpromise. Assume you are tech lead already and be a good mediator if there are disputes between engineers.
48 Laws of Power and Power by Pfeffer. Your life will never be the same again after you read those.
Deny, deny, counter- accuse.
Learn to play golf.
If you have a 1:1 with someone just before a potentially important decision for your career, they will become more likely to side on your favor. There are two factors at play here 1. People cannot be nasty in person. They tend to be nice in 1:1 or at least come across as nice. 2. People don’t like to think of themselves as backstabbers. So after being nice to you in person , they find it harder to be tough on you in decision making.
Agreed.
Whip out dick when people try to fight me
Damn. No one can stand that!