100% this. Your boss has a myriad of ways of communicating what they want w/o directly asking. This is a big reason I've never wanted to go into management. At

100% this. Your boss has a myriad of ways of communicating what they want w/o directly asking. This is a big reason I've never wanted to go into management. At my level I can just pretend I don't understand the implied ask (heh) if I feel like it. I have a hard skill. Worst case scenario I can get another job. Your levers of power don't work on me.