# junior

* <https://jg.gg/2020/11/23/are-you-a-junior-developer/>
* <https://building.echo.co.uk/posts/on-being-a-junior-engineer/>

## tips

* <https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-common-mistakes-novice-software-engineers-do-that-should-easily-be-avoided-if-being-told-earlier>

### Things to deal with as a junior

* Here is a list of new things that new developers who work professionally for the first time, this leads to so much cognitive overload, so need to take it easy.

#### List

* Large codebases
* Test automation
* BAs, PMs, QAs, DBAs
* Estimating things you do not understand
* TDD for real
* testing pyramid
* Continuous Integration
* Merge hell
* git flow vs trunk based
* Bad code
* Bugs that cannot be fixed
* Big systems
* Legacy systems integration
* Misused technology
* Complex subject matter
* Insufficient permissions
* Unreasonable colleagues
* Misleading documentation
* Misleading dead code
* Unfamiliar tool chains
* Heavy management processes
* Deadlines
* Faulty APIs
* Vague bug reports
* Unreproducible bugs
* Micromanagement
* Unsatisfying work
* Code standards you disagree with
* Performance reviews