I'm a dev and I like to rant

And who says it has to always be about Dev stuff ?

So!!! I ve spent 2 days as a junior dev and I feeel not well... 1) I am the worst dev in the company with no experience 2) brain-dead 3) feel like I wasted 2 days and learnt nothing, I guess in theory it's something but realistically I had no "it clicked" /pure genius /astounded myself / made major new brain connections moments

So what's going to happen now. ? When will I wake up? How do I wake up ?

@jespersh I'd prefer advice :(

*answers

@girlandeagle do and focus on stuff one by one, there is no shortcut for a dev,

@devTea very good advice. Thank you 🙂

It took me 3 months of reading the documentation and exploring the existing system as well as the inner workings of the company to even start developing. Point is don't worry it has been just 2 days.

Do one thing at a time. Don't be #careless. Demonstrate a positive outlook, observe norms. Be inquisitive. Enjoy the ride.

I'm also a junior dev and I still suffer from imposter syndrome occasionally.

But I can gladly say that after a year, I am definitely a better dev than I was on day one.

So these are a few tips I was given that helped me a lot:
- be a sponge, absorb everything
- read code complete and clean code
- learn to document, read examples such as msdn
- stack overflow is your friend
- implement CI/CD where necessary
- refractor where necessary
- question other devs commits when they have time(why did you code this way?)
- unit/integration testing is a life saver
- follow best practices

I'm still the worse dev in my team. But I feel like I am slowly improving.

I hope 😅

Depends on the tasks you are trying to solve.

For example, taking two days to write hello world, yes your brain is dead. Taking two days to create something a bit harder, is normal.

Learn and learn. But learn smart. Don't just search on internet and copy and paste. Learn why it works.

It takes time, I've been at this company for 14 months now and since like 8 months I'm (full time) dev now. I still learn new stuff every other week! I'm still a trainee though, but what I'm trying to say is: It takes a few weeks until you feel like you really do something productive and a few months until you feel like you know your way around.

Don't get frustrated, just do your best and it will come by itself!

To be blunt: you're a junior dev, nobody has any expectations from you

Don't let it beat you down though. Ask your colleagues if you don't understand something (that's what they're for, after all) and learn from the mistakes you're going to make

Starting a new job is always hard. Try not to get overwhelmed, it will get better over time

The general progression:

0 years experience: I have no clue what’s going on.

5 years experience: I AM A SENIOR DEVELOPER. I CAN BUILD ANYTHING!

10-15 years experience: I like my personal life (you realize that unlimited PTO means “little to no PTO (and you better feel guilty taking any)” and free beer just means “we never want you to leave the office”)

20 years experience: I AM AN IMPOSTER