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Then I was misunderstood as well.

As if anyone, myself included, would suggest that my listed items are the only way to influence your employer is a hilariously bad faith read.

I take issue with TFA framing the problem of people saying they hate "employment politics" as a you problem when I am of the opinion it is a leadership problem. Bad leaders fail to, or refuse to, see the things I listed as "bad politics".

Just take my supplements, bro. It'll fix your "soft skills", bro.

My point is that framing "bad politics" as a problem with you, or your employees if you're an employer, is absurd.

"Bad politics" comes straight from the top.

If you think HN is a bastion of "adultish takes", you're gonna have a bad time.

You have yet to meet someone at a company you work for you who does one or more of the things I listed above to successfully advance their career?

When has employment politics ever meant "leveling up in soft skills"?

Employment politics has always meant: brown nosing, throwing vulnerable people under the bus, posturing, taking credit for other people's contributions, blaming other people for your failures, and on and on.

Or to use the language of TFA, "iNfLUeNcE".