--- title: How To Get Promoted (Without Getting Lucky) | daily.dev description: Learn practical strategies to secure a promotion without relying on luck by focusing on measurable impact, leveraging influence, building an internal brand,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-promoted-without-getting-lucky--mrolsvfei twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How To Get Promoted (Without Getting Lucky) | daily.dev og:description: Learn practical strategies to secure a promotion without relying on luck by focusing on measurable impact, leveraging influence, building an internal brand,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-promoted-without-getting-lucky--mrolsvfei og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MrolsvfEI.png og:image:alt: How To Get Promoted (Without Getting Lucky) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How To Get Promoted (Without Getting Lucky) **[The Developing Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev)** · 5 min read · 39 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Learn practical strategies to secure a promotion without relying on luck by focusing on measurable impact, leveraging influence, building an internal brand, collaborating effectively, and putting in meaningful work. High-level individual contributors (ICs) use their skills in leadership, writing, and coding to create significant value, while also prioritizing soft skills and efficient work practices. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@limbojunkie** · 11 upvotes > As someone who worked for 14 years in four countries and five companies, there is no reliable way to get a promotion at all. You need to be in the right team, right boss, right time and right company to get a promotion which is a 10-20% raise and 200% more responsibilities. Nepotism, politics, financial situation and dire need play a crucial role here. > > My advice? Do not fall into the rat race trap. If your boss wants to promote you, you don't need to write a hundred bullets to HR to prove that. If you see yourself in a dead-end at work, look elsewhere. Quitters are winners. **@phaeton** · 5 upvotes > Promotion policies are company and context specific - bait title **@judgemavi** · 0 upvotes > I think the best you can do on your end is showcase a trend of self-growth and contribution to company. Beyond that it takes a good leader and company culture. > > My first job, I built an application for internal use that was later licensed and company made millions but my request for raise and promotion was denied due to budget constraints but when I finally decided to leave they were ready to match 3 times the salary I got from new company. I never looked back. Since then I have been in company of great leaders who supported me through and through. I do the same for my team now and follow... --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-promoted-without-getting-lucky--mrolsvfei) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How To Get Promoted (Without Getting Lucky)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-promoted-without-getting-lucky--mrolsvfei","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-promoted-without-getting-lucky--mrolsvfei"},"datePublished":"2024-08-02T13:06:06.752Z","dateModified":"2024-08-02T13:06:29.547Z","description":"Learn practical strategies to secure a promotion without relying on luck by focusing on measurable impact, leveraging influence, building an internal brand,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5ad4f14a387ee0583607a1681d17c7aa?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5ad4f14a387ee0583607a1681d17c7aa?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Developing Dev","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Developing Dev","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/c19307d4b9a74379871c33d6f72a6b10","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev"},"commentCount":3,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-promoted-without-getting-lucky--mrolsvfei","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":39},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":3}],"keywords":"career,leadership","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Developing Dev","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/developingdev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How To Get Promoted (Without Getting Lucky)"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-get-promoted-without-getting-lucky--mrolsvfei","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"As someone who worked for 14 years in four countries and five companies, there is no reliable way to get a promotion at all. 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Beyond that it takes a good leader and company culture.\nMy first job, I built an application for internal use that was later licensed and company made millions but my request for raise and promotion was denied due to budget constraints but when I finally decided to leave they were ready to match 3 times the salary I got from new company. I never looked back. Since then I have been in company of great leaders who supported me through and through. I do the same for my team now and follow the principals of servant leadership.","datePublished":"2024-08-30T19:57:09.482Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/MrolsvfEI#c-YN9OHg1gB","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Jasjeet Mavi","url":"https://daily.dev/judgemavi","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocJqOxHzEsnweBAt9rLglrCVzcs1cNhfHQQpokC0hQk3VPBjvN9Z=s96-c"}}]} ```