Ask HN: How to play the politics game at your company?

Re:Ask HN: How to play the politics game at your company? by paulcole on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @04:58PM (#16487485)

Since you're asking this question, don't try to outmaneuver anyone in office politics. You'll get eaten for lunch.

But since you asked, develop leverage and pick your battles.

It's fine to use a job offer from another company to get a promotion but don't expect it to keep working again and again.

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Re:Ask HN: How to play the politics game at your company? by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @05:53PM (#16487992)

Clarifying/amplifying on this:

You can't totally ignore politics. Those who don't do politics will still have politics done to them.

But don't try to "win" via politics. First, it's not your skill set, and it is other peoples' skill set. If you go head to head in politics with them, they'll wipe the floor with you.

Second, who do you want to be? A developer? Or a politician? I absolutely do not want to be a politician.

So do as little politics as possible. And when you do it, do it for defensive purposes - to keep yourself from being the victim of politics.

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