The Visibility Myth: Solve Hard Problems, Don't Just Promote
thetripathi58 · x · 2026-08-18
The second part of a career advice series, debunking the common advice to 'make sure leadership sees your work'. The author argues that true visibility comes from impact, not performance theater like weekly updates. Instead, become the person who fixes what everyone else is afraid to touch—whether it's owning legacy systems, debugging mysterious incidents, or unblocking 50 engineers.
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