[samstave]

>It's okay to push back on requests. It's also a good idea to develop a system for doing so.

THIS is important, and understated.

There is a lot of oppotunity to learn from the situation you are in, but this skill in particular will last you a lifetime if you learn it well.

Specifically later in your career when you are looked upon to lead a team, manage THEIR workload and be able to accurately communicate priorities, load, risk etc upstream.

As an example, at the director/eng mgr level, a very common interview question set will be around "how do you manage competing priorities or requirements for your team" and even better "How do you say no".

Get a solid system of tracking requests, priority and decisions. Take the next while at this current position to find your voice in structuring the flow of how these requests come to you - and build relationships with your boss and other team-leads who either depend on you downstream, or are making requests of you.