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> That stack of tasks you have to do? Your manager or your tech lead could finish those in much less time and with much less hassle than it takes to help you through them.

I just don't find this to be true and if this is true then the company should rethink how they use juniors. Maybe stop micromanaging them as much and expecting them to do thing your way. Or maybe give them lower stakes or easier tasks. Or maybe let them figure out some stuff by themselves. I dont know what the exact issue in this hypothetical company is, but if they are slowing you down so consistently, something is wrong.

I also find this expectation that a person should do the listed "A" improvements from the get go weird. Juniors, but actually also new seniors, employees grows from just closing tasks to suggesting bigger improvements over time. The people doing A things grow from people doing B things, as they gain experience with particular code base, experience with local politics and mainly gain confidence - or loose excessive confidence.

> You include solid unit tests. (I wish this was a B signal, but baby steps...)

Like, for christ sake, tell them in the first code review. It is not that deep.