Name: Nail Your Promotion As A Software Engineer [Part 12] - Talk To Your Manager
Uploaded: 2024-04-13T18:40:20+00:00
Duration: 7 min 3 s
Description: In order to get promoted, you almost certainly need your engineering manager on your side

Nail Your Promotion As A Software Engineer [Part 12] - Talk To Your Manager

In order to get promoted, you almost certainly need your engineering manager on your side. However, this is much said than done, and many engineers mess this up. This lesson teaches you:

- The importance of being deliberate about promotion
- Why your engineering manager is so important to your promotion case
- The fundamental principal to remember when it comes to asking for promotion
- What to do and what *not* to do when having that promotion conversation with your manager
- How to react gracefully and effectively if your manager doesn't believe you are ready to start really thinking about promotion

In order to get promoted, you almost certainly need your engineering manager on your side

At the end of the day, working in tech, or anywhere really, is all about working with other human beings. Communication is the core skill necessary to make this collaboration effective.

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The clearest way a company can acknowledge your growth. At the end of the day, you can't solely interview your way to a principal engineer; promotion is the true foundation of your pay and career.

Doing this properly is a hard requirement for professional success. As a software engineer in particular, this relationship needs to be carefully navigated to achieve maximum impact.