Time for another post!
At this week’s huddle, we talked about job titles & associated responsibilities. You’ve been a software engineer for a few weeks now. How do your day-to-day responsibilities differ from what you expected? Have you been surprised by the breakdown of work each week?
My time spent at my host company so far has been pretty busy. For the last few weeks we've been learning the tech we will use on our project, as well as the project structure. This is the first time I've worked with a large codebase or have even seen one! Honestly, it is sort of overwhelming at times. However, at this point my host company just wants me to get familiar with the tech/existing code base before we start contributing and I couldn't be more happy with that 🤣. At times, I still feel like I don't know 'enough'. I guess that is the infamous IMPOSTER SYNDROME.
So far, just a lot of learning and I LOVE that. That's why I'm here. 😊
One thing that's pretty surprising to me is the amount of discussion/meetings that happen within a team. Prior to the Develop Carolina apprenticeship and being placed with my host company, I had no point of reference. I always thought developers were just slinging out code all day. Just the process of 'how to work' is amazing to me. My employer host also provided two full days of 'intro to agile' training that was extremely helpful to understand terms/concepts I've overheard in standups and why we work the way we do.
I feel like I say this in most of my post but just learning as much as I can and enjoying every minute!!
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