I’m a Frontend engineer with 3.5 YOE. I joined a large company 3 months ago after working at smaller startups, and I feel out of my depth. The codebase is massive, and coordinating with multiple teams is overwhelming. Everyone seems way more knowledgeable, and I feel like I haven’t contributed much beyond building UIs and integrating APIs.
Is it normal to feel like this after joining a new company, especially a larger one? How long did it take you to get comfortable with the codebase, processes, and teams to feel like a reliable contributor? How do I know if I’m just overthinking it or if I’m actually not good enough?
In which company were you in previously?
When I joined my previous company there was this overwhelming feeling that will I be able to thrive. Same feeling in the current company which I joined recently.
In my previous company that fear/feeling led to me doing much better than ...
I just joined a Company by clearing all interviews but now I don't understand the codebase, they are using internal packages. I have no idea. How to start, where to start. All the code look alien to me. 🥲
I’m about 2 years into my first job after college, working as a mechanical design engineer. Honestly, I’m not sure if this is normal or if I’m missing something, but most days it feels like I’m just existing at work.
When I first join...
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