On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:07 AM, James Brewer <ja...@brwr.org> wrote: > I'm sure there will be a substantial amount of arrogance perceived from this > question, but frankly I don't think that I have anything to learn from my > co-workers, which saddens me because I really like to learn and I know that > I have a lot of learning to do. > > I've been employed as a software engineer for about eight months now and I > feel like I haven't learned nearly as much as I should. Sure, I've picked up > little tidbits of information here and there, but I'm no more confident in > my ability to build anything more complex than a basic crud app than I was > the day I started.
I don't know where you work, but there are all sorts of different working environments. I've been at this for 35 years and I think I've seen most of them. I've worked at places where: -People were afraid you'll take their job and they won't answer questions or spend time to bring you up to speed on the company's systems -People who you're working with either were against hiring you or were not involved in the hiring process and won't work with you. -People are on crazy deadlines and have no time to work with you. -People have tried to work with you, but don't want to anymore because ______ (fill in the blank: you're arrogant, you're stupid, you smell, you don't learn fast enough for them, you like the Yankees and they're a Red Sox fan, ....) -People make you feel like an idiot when you ask a question and they intimidate you so you don't come back and ask more. -The culture requires some 'trial by fire' where you stand up to people and/or make it known you're not going away and won't take crap from anyone. -The new hire sits around and waits for things to happen instead making things happen themselfs. -There is absolutely nothing interesting going on at the company - no new development, no hard bugs to track down - and the people they work there are lazy and slothy, just marking time until they can retire. -People are super patient and helpful and they answer all your questions and go beyond the call of duty to help you. Do any of these apply to your situation? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
