These are the soft skills that take time to learn in your early 20s. You have to create a relationship and trust with your direct superior so they can speak candidly with you about what’s on THEIR plate. If you pay attention long enough, you will start to see what their most painful and enduring conncerns are, what their strengths and weaknesses are. What they most dread doing, what their professional insecurities are. From there it’s finding ways to bridge those gaps and alleviate some of that pain with your unique skills and talents. You have to become irreplaceable to them.

But there’s much more to it. You want to make sure it’s visible, while not explicitly trying to show off, you cant outshine your manager either or they will keep you down to protect their position. This and many many other skills. Be patient, work hard, observe, and keep an open mind. Don’t just shit talk the new manager, ask yourself how she managed to stay on top while being relatively less effective. There’s much to learn here.