Ethan Evans

It's a social engineer.

Yes.

Sure.

So the magic loop got its name from the idea it works so well it can be magical.

And it began, I sort of discovered this in my very first job.

I got a new boss and she was nice, but didn't understand our technology.

I was a young engineer and I said, look, I could teach you about it.

And I didn't have any plan.

I just, oh, well, if you don't know, I'll teach you.

Well, that started a relationship where she saw me as helpful and being on her side.

And she took me under her wing and over the next two years, promoted me twice and kind of kickstarted my career.

And of course, I started thinking like, this is pretty good.

I wonder if there's something more here.

And that's where...

The essence of the magic loop came from the idea behind it is simply build a collaborative member relationship with your manager, find out what they need.

This is, of course, in corporate America where you have a manager, find out what they need and try and help them with it.

And then presuming you're successful, the second thing you can do is have a conversation with them and say, look,

It's really great.

I'm helping you.

I kind of like to do this.