[shyn3]

My friend you are me. You need to protect your managers better. I had this unfortunate situation 3 times in my career. Third time is the charm right?

Sometimes you get amazing manahers who may not be as informed as you and you don't think to grow their career. Instead of focusing on your task, find out what will make their manager value them more and accomplish that first. You need to be them and your own role, but only to the point where you can supplant their limitations.

As an IC you have to understand the reason people move to management in many cases is they are at their limits in a technical capacity so help them grow instead of forcing them to fend.

I used to ignore monthly sla reports because who cares but my manager was let go because our slas failed. He didn't understand how standard deviations work so I could have saved the job of a person who understood how to allow me to focus on the most important tasks.

[mkmk3]

This is a take I havent seen here much but maybe we can use more of. Manage the metagames to assure you can also play the games you want to play.