Subj : Re: Those first dev jobs blues
To   : Zet
From : Mro
Date : Tue Jun 27 2017 10:59 pm

 Re: Re: Those first dev jobs blues
 By: Zet to All on Tue Jun 27 2017 11:51 am


> 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.



today at work i sat at my desk and listened to the radio.
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