I have great relationship with my manager. In order to grow within company I feel like increased visibility is required. Any tips on how to do it? We both are remote.

How to build good relationship with skip?

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Anonymous User

Here's some good resources for talking with your skip manager specifically:

- [How To Effectively Leverage Skip Level 1:1s](https://www.jointaro.com/lesson/TToehFEc738PBhJcALwL/how-to-effectively-leverage-skip-level-11s/)
- ["Topics to talk in 1:1 with skip level manager?"](https://www.jointaro.com/question/yK1UiPgm1EElzHRIqlM8/topics-to-talk-in-11-with-skip-level-manager/)

I also recommend this more general advice:

- [My Effective Communication Series](https://link.jointaro.com/ekU524PTpTUxBFh47)
- [How To Build Deep Relationships Quickly In Tech](https://www.jointaro.com/lesson/tyaPFMXPoz2pmzB7OVzt/how-to-build-deep-relationships-quickly-in-tech-12172022/)

Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero, PayPal

Alex Chiou

Use a conversation with the skip level as a way to understand the broader strategies of the org. Ask questions about their priorities, and try to provide some value by sharing your perspective "on the ground" as an IC engineer. 

David Pan talks about this here: "[How To Effectively Leverage Skip Level 1:1s](https://www.jointaro.com/lesson/TToehFEc738PBhJcALwL/how-to-effectively-leverage-skip-level-11s/)". 

Tech Lead/Manager at Meta, Pinterest, Kosei

Rahul Pandey

There's more to working in tech than just shipping software. It's vital for your career to build deep professional relationships and make real friends at work, especially if you're looking to grow to senior levels.

At the end of the day, working in tech, or anywhere really, is all about working with other human beings. Communication is the core skill necessary to make this collaboration effective.

Doing this properly is a hard requirement for professional success. As a software engineer in particular, this relationship needs to be carefully navigated to achieve maximum impact.

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