This is a slight twist on "dress for the job you want." I've been living by this rule my entire life. Do the job you want. Don't be restricted by what you're to

This is a slight twist on "dress for the job you want." I've been living by this rule my entire life. Do the job you want. Don't be restricted by what you're told and don't go looking for permission, approval, and especially kudos. This doesn't always work of course, but why would you want to be where you are pigeonholed? I find most people don't stop you from doing more and assuming more responsibility. You do the job you want or believe needs doing and in many cases it's handed to you. I showed up at my last job in a support role and started doing engineer work. Got promoted to engineer. Started doing architect work and then got promoted to architect. I've been doing a lot more people management lately, so who knows.