Subj : Re: Those first dev jobs blues
To : All
From : Zet
Date : Tue Jun 27 2017 11:51 am
Re: Re: Those first dev jobs blues
By: Vk3jed to Zet on Sat Jun 24 2017 17:22:00
Thanks a lot for the support guys! I really needed that!
The thing is just that this is my first dev job out of university, and it is
as far away from home (physically) as I possibly can be. I am also here on a
working permit, and if I lose that (which I will if I lose the job), I'll be
sent back home. So I think there is an understandable amount of pressure on me
to sort of... make this work. It doesn't really look like I would be losing the
job, but this is the sort of thing that is on my mind everytime that I get a
snarky answer or a disappointed look...
With regards to the other devs; I don't think that they are doing this on
purpose. The two guys I work with in a team have been working together for the
past 4 - 5 years, so I am sure that they can read each other's code and
immediately understand what is going on. They have obviously also worked on
this project for a long time and know exactly where everything is... I have
tried to tell them that I am a little overwhelmed, and then they do try to slow
down and explain as much as they can to me, but of course there is work to be
done and they can't just stop everything to explain it to some new guy...
All of this sounds super rational to me, but now the problem is that they keep
dropping hints that I am not contributing enough. I have only been in this job
for 6 weeks, and I honestly doubt that anyone would (directly out of university
and without any experience) just walk in and just take over.
I think the biggest issue is the fact that these guys have been working
together for too long, and lost touch with what it's like to be new and have an
inexperienced person in the team.
And documentation would have helped. That way I could have done more on my own
and independetly get to know the system...
Again, this is just me venting and trying to make myself feel better.
