To follow a path of actions meant to put you in a position where you have one or more of the following:

• More money
• More power
• More social status
• More responsibility
• More credibility
• More clothes
• Bigger home
• Better car
• More acquiantances
• Fewer friends

Making a career often involves ass kissing, lying, backstabbing and euphemisms for all of these phenomena. Another term often used is sucking up kicking down or climbing the social ladder.

Somebody actually making a career can often be recognized by the following characteristics:

• Wearing uniform - suit (men) or dress (women)
• A sterotypical appearance - an unexciting haircut, no facial hair, makeup (mostly women) and expensive shoes

Somebody who has failed making a career can often be found resorting to alcohol.