More thoughts as they come to me :) 2.a. Concretely, if you make it known what you're interested in you are FAR MORE LIKELY to see that type of work come your

More thoughts as they come to me :) 2.a. Concretely, if you make it known what you're interested in you are FAR MORE LIKELY to see that type of work come your way. You're an engineer interested in product management? Guess who your product manager is going to go to on the engineering team when she needs help? And if you are speaking at meetups regularly - guess which engineer the sales team is going to ask to present to a big client? 4. (potentially a little risky unless done right) Apply to related jobs internally. Even if you're a long shot, you'll express your intent and get the opportunity to meet the hiring managers for the job you're interested in (or create buzz among that tier of managers). 5. Never ever imply to your manager that you are after his job. If that's the job you really do want...get a new job and come at it sideways, or look for external positions.