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I started my first corporate dev job about 8 months ago and the most effective thing for me has been asking nonstop questions. I can't say with certainty that nobody has been annoyed, but nobody has said so yet. In fact, my manager has praised my question-asking habits and I've gotten good reviews so far.

In order to avoid being annoying, these days I write out my questions in long-form with context, steps taken, etc. which may or may not be worthwhile but it makes me feel better about it. Sometimes, however, I will post this super long question in our Slack channel and the whole problem was a tiny little thing I forgot to do. Asking questions is just awkward, so I put extra effort into embracing that. Hopefully it doesn't backfire. So far, so good.

Definitely do one-on-ones with all your teammates even if it seems pointless. Most of your interactions with them will not be noteworthy, but it's all about the few exchanges that are.

parent whitemary 3 years ago

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