As a corporately smart man once told me: Your job is to make your manager happy. This has more to do with making their life easier and giving them bragging ri

As a corporately smart man once told me: Your job is to make your manager happy. This has more to do with making their life easier and giving them bragging rights, than it does with anything else. If you can make your manager look good in front of their manager, then good things will happen to you.