The document provides tips for navigating tech politics. It advises making friends across departments by throwing parties, helping other teams, joining groups, and attending all outings. It also suggests being awesome by attending all meetings, finding company priorities to work on, and being able to work alone. Additionally, it recommends being smart by not complaining about your boss to coworkers, knowing how people are connected, and asking questions. The document also notes there will be difficult people and personalities to deal with. It concludes by advising having a life outside work and loving your job.

1. Navigating Tech Politics

2. 1. Be Friendly

3. Make friends with
people in other
departments.

4. Throw a work party!

5. If the opportunity
arrives, help out
other teams.

6. Be slow to get
offended.

7. Join work clubs such
as reading groups or
hobby interests.

8. Go to ALL outings in
the beginning.

9. 2. Be
Awesome

10. Attend ALL meetings
you are invited to in
the beginning.

11. Find out company
priorities and ask if
you can work on
them.

12. Be able to work
alone.

13. 3. Be Smart

14. If you don’t like your
boss do not tell your
co-workers.

15. Know how everyone
is connected.

16. Ask lots of questions.

17. Assume Not

18. Speak up in
meetings.

19. If you are not
appreciated try to
move (if possible)

20. There will be
“ass-h*les”

21. There will be
introverts

22. There will be
extroverts
(maybe) ;)

23. 4. Have a life

24. Have a friend group
outside of work.

25. 5. Be in Love

26. Love your job