How to Increase Your Work Visibility as a Software Developer Without a Helpful Manager
Learn the steps to obtain maximum growth opportunities and strive in your career, even if your manager is not comfortable with it
Recently I wrote an article about how developers can expedite their career progression without switching jobs frequently. To grow within the company gaining maximum visibility at the senior leadership level is a must. To that point, one of my readers asked the following question:
And regarding this, how do we do it? I mean, our direct manager sort of knows us but the skip level ones needn’t right?
So I mean how exactly to go about doing this (also without slighting or offending the direct manager)
It is an excellent question. Many programmers have this query or face similar challenges— how can they increase their visibility at the senior leadership level without offending their direct manager.
There can be many reasons why your reporting manager might not be cozy with the idea of you becoming familiar with their managers. It can be because they fear losing control over the team. Or, they might be afraid their incompetency will be exposed.
