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Discussion on: Uncertainty about starting development on a big task

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Vladan Paunovic

Been there.
Moreover, I am very sure all of us have been there at many points in our careers.
However, as for many diseases this one has its cure as well.
The simple rule in software development weather it is bug fixing, chasing bugs or implementing a big new feature is - divide and conquer!
So, split your feature into very small chunks, so small that they make perfect sense to you how to be implemented. But not only in your head, put it on a paper or use some notes app.
Important here is to use ordered list because once you have everything on paper you will want to sort it around, like what how goes first, what goes last.
As you said there is more senior person in your company - double check this list with him/her. Once you get a green light start from first task on the list.
Hope this helps.
Cheers from Vienna. :)