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by ssss11 1585 days ago
I’ve certainly felt this way - overwhelmed. It sounds like you’re proactive and diligent and in my opinion many people recognise this and it’s much easier to teach you how to rebase your branch than to teach you to care about doing a good job!

I too went from small to big and had to learn the frameworks and processes of bigger places, coming from having to do everything myself. I’ve also changed types of roles which is just another set of “out of comfort level” issues.

In the first few months I’d say ask all the dumb questions …they’re not gonna fire you for being new in a place different to where you’ve been. Thinkabout the time and money wasted if they fire you before they give you a chance, they should definitely try to help you for months before that happens. No one wants to be out hiring again if they can fix simple learning problems.

And write things down so you don’t have to ask twice.

You’ll get there.