Thanks for reading. I agree that choice of project has a large effect. Projects that involve collaboration with a lot of partner teams increase your chance of

Thanks for reading. I agree that choice of project has a large effect. Projects that involve collaboration with a lot of partner teams increase your chance of promotion because the more people your work impacts positively, the better your set of peer recommendations when it comes time for promotion. It's much harder to "sell" a project whose effects are only directly visible a few people, even if it's valuable work.