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Asking for help 101 for trainee and junior developers (or anyone)

stack overfleur on December 16, 2020

Hi! My name's Flor, and I've been a front-end junior developer for about a year, after being a trainee for over 9 months. During the past few years...
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Jan Schröder

And then, write down the answer. Build your own reference material.

Chances are, you will run into the same problem again and you might not remember the solution. So if you have another layer of information before asking, you might be able to avoid asking the same question twice.

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stack overfleur

This is such a good advice, I've always had the idea of starting some kind of "coding diary" going around my head but because of x or y I always forget about it, thanks! :D

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quirky23

THANK YOU. "The 'imposter syndrome' is strong in this one..."points to self I needed this today. <3

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stack overfleur

Some good friends with many years in the industry have told me you never really get rid of the imposter syndrome. If you stop and think about it, we're always facing new problems we're not 100% sure how to solve so, I'm starting to think that in order to survive, we need to somehow become best friends with the unknown, and develop enough confidence to keep on going. Glad I could help <3

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Alvaro Saburido

I can confirm, you never get rid of the imposter syndrome. But that's a good sign, It means you can always improve yourself.

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Brayden W ⚡️

Awesome tips in this post - thanks!

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stack overfleur

Thanks so much! Hope this helps :)

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Ingryd Rios

Thank you so much for writing this!

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stack overfleur

Thanks for reading :D

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Hydraulisch

Very nice post, I really feel like this can help some people!

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stack overfleur

Oh thank you so much! Really appreciated :)

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Deep Space

Thanks for sharing your experience! It was nice to read.

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stack overfleur

I'm so happy to hear that! Thanks for commenting :)