--- title: Say the Thing You Want | daily.dev description: Staying silent about career goals in 1:1s is a common but costly habit. When you explicitly tell your manager what you want — a promotion, a lead role, a team... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/say-the-thing-you-want-yihumv6rg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Say the Thing You Want | daily.dev og:description: Staying silent about career goals in 1:1s is a common but costly habit. When you explicitly tell your manager what you want — a promotion, a lead role, a team... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/say-the-thing-you-want-yihumv6rg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YIHUMV6RG.png og:image:alt: Say the Thing You Want 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. # Say the Thing You Want **[Terrible Software](https://daily.dev/sources/terriblesoftware)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Staying silent about career goals in 1:1s is a common but costly habit. When you explicitly tell your manager what you want — a promotion, a lead role, a team change — they can actually help you get there. Managers work with incomplete information and can't advocate for you if they don't know your direction. Saying your goal out loud also makes it real, shifting you from passive daydreaming to active pursuit. The risk of speaking up is far smaller than years of quiet resentment over opportunities you never asked for. ## 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), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/say-the-thing-you-want-yihumv6rg) ```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":"Say the Thing You Want","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/say-the-thing-you-want-yihumv6rg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/say-the-thing-you-want-yihumv6rg"},"datePublished":"2026-04-01T16:03:43.248Z","dateModified":"2026-04-01T16:04:18.659Z","description":"Staying silent about career goals in 1:1s is a common but costly habit. When you explicitly tell your manager what you want — a promotion, a lead role, a team...","image":"https://i0.wp.com/terriblesoftware.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cHJpdmF0ZS9sci9pbWFnZXMvd2Vic2l0ZS8yMDIyLTA1L2lzMTk5NzYtaW1hZ2Uta3d2eWVzNXYuanBn.webp?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","thumbnailUrl":"https://i0.wp.com/terriblesoftware.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cHJpdmF0ZS9sci9pbWFnZXMvd2Vic2l0ZS8yMDIyLTA1L2lzMTk5NzYtaW1hZ2Uta3d2eWVzNXYuanBn.webp?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Terrible Software","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":"Terrible Software","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--tcoB-OS2--/f_auto,q_auto/v1768208174/logos/terriblesoftware","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/terriblesoftware"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/say-the-thing-you-want-yihumv6rg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"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":"Terrible Software","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/terriblesoftware"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Say the Thing You Want"}]} ```