I’m well aware this post has been asked to death on Reddit, but I couldn’t find anything relevant on Lemmy so I thought I’d give it a shot.
I’m starting my first SDE job next week, and to be honest I’ve never really been a dev in a professional environment before. I’ve had an internship where the bar was very low so I did decently, and a part-time gig where I just assigned myself tickets. Either way I’ve never worked on a larger team or in a specific org before.
Apart from the usual like “ask questions when you’re stuck”, “write proper documentation”, “be proactive”, and “communicate well”, what are some technical things I should be familiar with to make sure I’m not bogging anyone down?
More specifically, are there concepts I should know/I am expected to know of that I might not have learned in university?
If somebody more senior than you tells you to do a thing a certain way and you don’t understand why they think their way is better, ask them to explain it, but do it in a polite way. Asking the question shows you’re engaged in the process and not afraid to share your own input.
If you hear the explanation and still disagree, let it go and do it their way. Even if they’re wrong, they won’t want to hear about it from you at that point. You win some, you lose some. Being able to disagree and commit is huge.