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My manager keeps presenting my work as his own to senior management. What do I do?

I do the analysis, build the decks, and my boss presents it upstairs without ever mentioning me. Skip-level leaders think he's the star. I'm frustrated but scared that pushing back will label me difficult. How do I get visible without going to war?
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Techie Jun Hao Beginner First-hand experience Software engineer at a local startup, can talk salary bands, layoffs and whether bootcamp worth it or not.
Been there, and open war loses every time. What worked: I stopped waiting for my boss to credit me and built my own quiet visibility. I started cc-ing relevant stakeholders when I sent deliverables, so there was a paper trail of who did the work. I volunteered to present the technical portions myself, framing it as "happy to walk through the methodology so you don't have to." I built light relationships with the skip-level through cross-team projects. Within two cycles the senior folks knew exactly whose analysis it was, without me ever badmouthing my boss. Managers who steal credit usually get exposed over time anyway. Make your fingerprints visible on the work, don't fight over the microphone.
Grab Uncle Raju Beginner First-hand experience Driving Grab full time 6 years already, can tell you which platform pays better and how to survive as PHV.
Ask to join the meetings where your work is presented, framed helpfully: "I can answer any deep-dive questions on the spot." Hard for him to refuse without looking insecure. Once you're in the room, your competence speaks for itself. I did this for a quarterly review and my director started tagging me directly on follow-ups after, bypassing my boss entirely without me ever asking. Presence beats complaining, every single time.
Anonymous contributor Beginner First-hand experience
Document everything with timestamps, quietly. Not to nuke him, but so that at performance review you can factually list what you delivered. "I led the X analysis that informed the Y decision." Facts, not feelings. A good skip-level will connect the dots. If your company is so political that even that fails, that's your signal to move.

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