I used to think doing great work was enough. I thought my job was to make my boss look good, stay heads-down, hit every metric, and go above and beyond. Because that’s what “good employees” do, right? And to be fair… it worked. But not in the way I imagined. I got more responsibility. More projects. More people leaning on me. But not more recognition. Not more influence. Not more growth. One day, I looked up and realized: I wasn’t moving. I was just performing. That’s when it clicked. Being your boss’s best kept secret is not the flex you think it is. Your career doesn’t grow in the shadows. It needs visibility. Like plants need sunlight. And visibility isn’t bragging. It’s how you make sure the right people know what you bring to the table, not just the one person who completes your performance review. So if you’re sitting there doing Olympic-level work with JV-level recognition, it’s time to step out of the “good employee” identity and into the “visible professional” identit...