--- title: Pick the Desk Where Your Boss Can See You | daily.dev description: An argument for deliberately positioning yourself, physically or virtually, where leadership can see and hear your work. Drawing on 20 years of staffing and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pick-the-desk-where-your-boss-can-see-you-flbo1j94w twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pick the Desk Where Your Boss Can See You | daily.dev og:description: An argument for deliberately positioning yourself, physically or virtually, where leadership can see and hear your work. Drawing on 20 years of staffing and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pick-the-desk-where-your-boss-can-see-you-flbo1j94w og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fLbo1j94w.png og:image:alt: Pick the Desk Where Your Boss Can See You 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. # Pick the Desk Where Your Boss Can See You **[Atomic Spin](https://daily.dev/sources/atomicobject)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary An argument for deliberately positioning yourself, physically or virtually, where leadership can see and hear your work. Drawing on 20 years of staffing and promotion conversations, the piece claims visibility (not just skill) drives who gets picked for projects, mentored, and compensated well, since managers can only advocate for what they've personally witnessed. Practical suggestions include sitting near decision-makers, speaking up in meetings, keeping cameras on remotely, and proactively sharing what you're working on. ## 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. **@tilman151** · 0 upvotes > Share what you're working on is the important point here. Talk about it before it is finished. Share progress before someone asked. Post in public channels instead of DMs. Especially in remote or hybrid settings this is the way to get seen. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Power of Proximity to Coworkers: Training for Tomorrow or Productivity Today?](https://daily.dev/posts/the-power-of-proximity-to-coworkers-training-for-tomorrow-or-productivity-today--coacejpy0) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Say the Thing You Want](https://daily.dev/posts/say-the-thing-you-want-yihumv6rg) · Terrible Software · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Grow Faster While Working from Home](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-grow-faster-while-working-from-home-s9o97o7f1) · Code Like A Girl · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Your junior engineers don’t need an office. 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