I felt it often. In many cases, I stay for their network. Most of my bosses were always way more connected than myself, and working for them and making them suc

I felt it often. In many cases, I stay for their network. Most of my bosses were always way more connected than myself, and working for them and making them successful leveraging what I could do better than them (tech/analytical skills) made it possible for me to ride their tail and get pulled in nice future opportunities as they moved forward in their career, even across different companies, and decided to bring me along. Many times with minimal/bogus interview processes since I came "highly recommended by the VP". It has probably been what defined my career in terms of success. In some other cases, I also worked with bosses that were just better than me under any professional dimension you could imagine: technical skills, soft skills, business acumen, wisdom, experience, ...