--- title: "Pick the Desk Where Your Boss Can See You" url: https://daily.dev/posts/pick-the-desk-where-your-boss-can-see-you-flbo1j94w source_url: https://spin.atomicobject.com/desk-where-boss-can-see-you type: article source: "Atomic Spin" published: 2026-08-23T12:11:05.869Z updated: 2026-08-23T12:11:22.576Z tags: ["career", "remote-work"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: 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 · 0 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: --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#remote-work](https://daily.dev/tags/remote-work) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pick-the-desk-where-your-boss-can-see-you-flbo1j94w)