[carlosjobim]

Your advice should only be practiced for about a year or at most two at the start of entering the work force in order to learn the basic attitudes. After that, the only way to advance is by switching jobs all the time. Unless you want to get bigger and better jobs, but lower and lower wage.

[neogodless]

As someone who has some exactly that... I disagree. Several previous coworkers advanced and were promoted within and are now VPs.

Definitely varies depending on the size and structure and culture of an organization.