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What's going to happen to your life is you're going to learn what other people's natural speeds are, what yours is, and what is needed for your specific job, and you're going to have a much better barometer for that. That's going to happen naturally over the next 2-3 years. In the meantime, you can: * Try to incrementally improve. Keep a daily log (wish I had started this my first year), write down your stupid mistakes, false starts, other things. Re-read entries sometimes. Try not to make the same mistake twice and to be doing more complex tasks over time. * Do the "butt in seat" thing without beating yourself up. A good one is to try to work ~40h a week (even 35), except if you can see an immediate career benefit not to by working the extra hours on a side project or stretch assignment. It doesn't have to be 8 hours every day it can be 12 on one day then 4 the next. Log your hours (remote people should always do this) and note patterns. For example, if you are consistently working less than 40h, try working harder, more than 40h, reconsider your approach or appeal to your manager. * Ask for feedback. You can set up a meeting with someone (for example lead, manager or just someone more senior you work with) and ask "what do you think I should do to be more useful to the project?". Alternately you can wait until a more social occasion or a lull when working 1:1 with someone and just ask "so how do you think the project is going?" If they think you have a time management issue, they'll tell you, if not, you're good. Side note, you may hear stuff like work on your soft skills, have better work life balance. It doesn't strictly mean "work less" but it means your coworkers think you're too focused on individual achievement. |