[sadadar]

Strategic thinking isn’t just the generative idea creation of a “strategy”. It’s also about savvy execution within a strategic context.

In every project a thousand decisions are made by “drooling labor” and the better each of those decisions ladders up to the strategy the more meaningful the impact of the work.

Watching people proclaim no impact on strategy but thinking they deserve tons of credit for their code is a failure mode I’ve seen with engineers. Watching people get frustrated not being promoted when “idiot peers” get credit was often more about their own idiocy.

Don’t dismiss the impact you have in every role, it’ll hurt your career and the actual impact you have.

[jjoonathan]

Oh, absolutely. On both counts: strategic decisions that have been delegated to you are important to get right, and relentless self-promotion is the single most important skill inside and outside of any workplace. It's also important to recognize it for what it is, though, and TFA, well, is what it is.