I'd modify #1 1. Make friends with _everybody_ at work. That includes the guy who brags about himself all the time. That includes the person who you only giv

I'd modify #1 1. Make friends with _everybody_ at work. That includes the guy who brags about himself all the time. That includes the person who you only give the easiest tasks because you don't trust them with anything complicated. That includes the person who doesn't suffer fools gladly. You never know. I had a constant braggart coworker who everyone else avoided. I smiled and listened politely. He was the one who got me my next job. Exceptions, obviously, for coworkers that are actively corrosive or abusive. I'm not cozying up to the guy that the female interns refuse to share an elevator with.