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by minionslave 2766 days ago
I would like an answer to that too. I'm the youngest member of my team so the older more 'experienced' teammates are really good with politics.

We have a new project coming up and I basically was the one implementing the initial architecture, I showed them how to use the linux terminal, gitflow.

I am the dev with the fewest number of bugs reported, they are always on meeting about issues. They take the most visible, interesting features.

Yet during meetings, people talk to them more because they are older, so they basically take most of the credit.

What should I do in that case?

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Divide et impera, I'd say. Get a backer, someone that sees your values: your manager, your manager's manager, one of the senior devs. If you have 3 people in a room at work, there's bound to be at least 2-3 (hidden) conflicts. Figure out where they are and benefit from them: get your backer to help you with your task and when you present it, present it as being team work. While you're the person actually presenting. Your backer will... back you and you'll be able to stay a bit in the spotlight and you could use the exposure.

Or just find a sane work environment, which one is easier.

I recommend reading So Good They Can't Ignore You, by Cal Newport.

And more broadly, learn how politics are played.