Success follows value. Add value to the business, write well, step up for difficult work, design for users and future engineers, and play to win like a professional athlete.
The best engineers do more: write and publish, contribute to open source, present at conferences, become a subject matter expert, maintain broad technical knowledge, and strive for excellence in every detail.
Learn to write technical documents that clarify rather than obscure: correct grammar, consistent terminology, short punchy sentences, proper flow between ideas, and how to make every word add value.