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Bonus Day 23: Ask your manager about their career growth plans
Bonus Day 22: Ask your manager how you can help them
Day 21: Ask to be part of a cross-functional team or committee
Day 20: Ask for budget to hire a contractor
Day 19: Ask to prioritize your project higher than other work
Day 18: Ask for an opportunity to speak at an external conference, meetup or industry event
Day 17: Ask another team if you can help them with a feature or fix
Day 16: Ask for support for your side quest
Day 15: Ask a senior coworker for a peer review
Day 14: Ask to present at an all-hands meeting
Day 13: Ask to be a pseudo-manager
Day 12: Ask to push out a project timeline
Day 11: Ask to be the interim lead
Day 10: Ask to lead a meeting that your manager usually runs
Day 9: Ask your tech lead to let you lead the next design review
Day 8: Ask for approval and funding to attend a relevant conference
Day 7: Ask to shadow someone in another role within your organization
Day 6: Ask to reschedule meetings that don't work for you
Day 5: Ask a peer to cover your on-call shift
Day 4: Ask for approval to travel to another office location
Day 3: Ask your manager about moving to a different team
Day 2: Ask your manager to nominate you for a promotion this cycle
Day 1: Ask for reimbursement for an external course, book or career coaching
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