You might be working yourself out of a promotion. I once worked for a company that promoted poorly performing programmers to project managers to keep them out o

You might be working yourself out of a promotion. I once worked for a company that promoted poorly performing programmers to project managers to keep them out of production code. Good software engineers end up doing the same job but getting titles: Senior Engineer, Team Lead, Specialist Engineer, Consultant Engineer. Basically the same job but with a little prestige. If you are a hard worker then you should realise your value, line up a new job and take it as a lesson learnt. Changing jobs is the fastest way up the ladder and whatever you do, don't burn bridges. You might be back in 12 months as your managers manager, I've seen it happen.