[saagarjha]

Figure out what other people are doing, and copy it. You might think they’re doing it wrong, or they’re inefficient, or whatever; just copy it and see if you can ask questions. Take a bit of time to get in the flow and understand the environment. You’ll find that together a lot of the strange decisions will make sense once you know the context. Some of them won’t, so when you have a little bit of clout try to politely suggest an alternative; if they listen to you that’s great! If not, see if they’ll let you document the rationale behind it. Overall, don’t come in pretending to be a know-it-all. Even if you are, it’ll hurt you either way.