Have you ever been better at the job than someone a level higher?

Anyone ever been in a situation where you became better at the job than a supervisor? How does that work, how’d you work around that?

I guess a typical example is an analyst 2/3 being more proficient at the job than an mba aso, but open to hearing experiences at other levels as well

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The example you mentioned is a tale as old as time...really you have to respect the chain of command in IB and have to eat it. If it becomes an issue (example: aso clearly screwing something up that you made, had correct, and had all the support to back it up) you can bring it up to a staffer / vp that you're close with and not on the deal with

 

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