Generally fair advice, but the premise isn't always true. I've had the funny situation for the last few years of my manager, being the CEO, doesn't like me per

Generally fair advice, but the premise isn't always true. I've had the funny situation for the last few years of my manager, being the CEO, doesn't like me personally. Most of my managers have, and the issue kind of come down to a culture clash where he's a salesperson and I'm an engineer, and I wouldn't put up with a habit of his of not paying his invoices on time which he's thankfully grown out of. However he's seen that I deliver at the highest level, and he so he pragmatically keeps sending me projects so he can take his clip (it's a consultancy). This has continued for well over two years and even reached a steady state where I'm pretty sure it could be ongoing if I wanted, however the cost is he's pretty mercenary about it all and has consistently given me rescue projects others have left half finished. So I basically agree with what you're saying, I think it's true generally. However reality is very complex with lots of individual situations that are out of ordinary.