Skill: Visual Basic (VB) (United States)

I work hard and I always finish before everybody else so I offer my help to others but I make sure my manager is in front to hear it. Be careful because it can make you not very popular with the other co-workers that are lazy but in the eyes of your manager you will be the star.

It's a bad idea to involve in office politics. Try to stay away from it. Sometime you don't have choice and you have to take one side. Try to do a balancing act and don't get involved.

Working hard and deligently to make a better future for our children

If you believe you are not paid a fair wage and you have spent considerable time in the industry and possess knowledge of the industry your products target then try starting your own business.

I've gone job hunting to the point that I've gotten an offer then taken that back to my employer and threatened to leave if I did not get a raise.

I've found that pursuing Continue Education and/or Graduate Certificate programs from accredited institutions shows your commitment to the company and the kind of job you want to do for them. For me, it has paid off in promotions and pay increases well in excess of tuition costs.

My "manager" (boss) gave me a finished project to work on, prohibited me from doing anything else, and then said I had low productivity - just in time for the layoffs. Fight like hell to get a task that can show visible productivity. Even though productivity is the result of the sum total of ALL factors, including the ones that the boss is responsible for - you're the one who will get all the blame. Managers like to assume that productivity is like height - it's solely an attribute of the individual, like height.

Move to another big city like New York, Seattle, or work for well known company like Microsoft.