If the point is to get better at your craft, pursuing rapid promotion (especially into management) is antithetical to the goal. Craft comes from practice. I’m

If the point is to get better at your craft, pursuing rapid promotion (especially into management) is antithetical to the goal. Craft comes from practice. I’m sure there are all sorts of cynical strategies that are more effective for getting promoted, but if you love programming then putting the love into your programming will probably work out alright for you.