New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: I am starting a new job and I am worried I will screw it up. Advice?
Ask HN: I am starting a new job and I am worried I will screw it up. Advice?
2 by sage76 | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I am starting a new job as a fullstack dev. They know that I don't have too much experience with their stack. In the past I have struggled, esp in larger companies. I have even been in a situation once, where for months, I had no team, no communication with the manager, and no idea of how to handle some of the work I had. If I get assigned a complicated project whose details go over my head, or where I am unable to make progress despite effort, and I am being pressured to deliver, my instinct is to immediately exit the situation. I see people get into teams and seemingly effortlessly set direction, make progress and deliver. Whatever I have tried to replicate that, has failed. That's on me, but I am now walking into a situation assuming I will fail. Anyone have any advice here?
2 by sage76 | 4 comments on Hacker News.
I am starting a new job as a fullstack dev. They know that I don't have too much experience with their stack. In the past I have struggled, esp in larger companies. I have even been in a situation once, where for months, I had no team, no communication with the manager, and no idea of how to handle some of the work I had. If I get assigned a complicated project whose details go over my head, or where I am unable to make progress despite effort, and I am being pressured to deliver, my instinct is to immediately exit the situation. I see people get into teams and seemingly effortlessly set direction, make progress and deliver. Whatever I have tried to replicate that, has failed. That's on me, but I am now walking into a situation assuming I will fail. Anyone have any advice here?
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