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Oh boy, I've felt this way a lot in my career.

The key mistake that I would make was to curl up instead of reach out.

When you are worried or afraid, it can be hard to reach out. But I always got far better feedback whenever I presented my work, and showed the parts that were blocking my progress, and asked a lot of questions.

Often, I was trying to solve a problem that the team had simply not considered.

The problem might be out of scope for the task I was expected to address, and my perspective was due to my lack of context that was considered natural for any new hire.

Or I was unfamiliar with their tools and workflow. This is where it might be best to work through a task in tandem with someone who has been working there for a while. It doesn't have to be a big thing, just something to go through the whole cycle.

You are already asking good questions. On HN. Keep it up, ask your new team. It might be scary but the fear usually goes away very quickly.