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This should be your first point to address.

The only thing worse than a junior asking too many questions is a junior not asking questions. Seen many times people taking pride over quality and spend weeks in their own hole coming out in the other end delivering completely the wrong thing.

What is being asked? If it’s about processes and system design perhaps there is some architectural documentation, checklists or automation that is missing.

You may also have to realize that learning new tools, on your own, is part of being a swe. You are not in school anymore and will not always be given detailed instructions on a silver plate. Often you have to read tutorials and stack overflow yourself. The seniors should guide you into picking the right tools, best practices and the higher level design. Simpler questions like “how do I iterate a list in react” are things you need to figure out yourself.

If you still have trouble discussing feedback on your work and higher level goals or system design with seniors, it might be time to go look for another opening.



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