[Mvandenbergh]

It's still the case that it's a good career move to ask for more work, the key is asking for the right work. I'm not going to volunteer for photocopying duty, but any opportunity to do mentoring, supervising, or other managerial activities I'll take because those are the strengths I'm currently looking to reinforce.

Essentially you want to maneuvre your boss into assigning you to work on things which are on-the-job training for the work you want to do.

[michaelochurch]

Right. Open-ended asking for more work is bad. Looking for better projects is good.