Ritvika Nagula, a senior software engineer at Microsoft, shares her strategy for career advancement. After learning "the hard way," Nagula has since been promoted regularly. Nagula recommends setting ...

From an early age, we're fed a simple formula: work hard, stay humble, and success will naturally find you. It's comforting, like a moral guarantee. Yet step inside any workplace, and reality delivers ...

This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Ritvika Nagula, a senior software engineer at Microsoft Azure. She's worked at the company since 2019. Her employment and promotions were ...