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7. Shining in an Engineering Organization

Daniel Heller1 
(1)
Denver, CO, USA
 

In the last chapter, you learned about fruitful collaboration with individuals. This chapter will broaden that analysis to a whole organization: practices to make you an ideal citizen of your team, maximizing your value to your company while building credibility and appreciation among your teammates. In addition to universally applicable practices, I’ll touch on the delicate subject of politics—getting things done in the presence of controversy.

Reputation and Personal Brand

The power of a good reputation is probably intuitive to you: that people want to work with you, that ...

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