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I'm starting my new job as a System engineer next week, is there any good advice? What should I expect?

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Jacksoft CS •

Any good ideas are welcomed!

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Adrian Perea •

Congratulations!

80% of programming is reading code, not writing it! So read code and read a lot. It's an indispensable skill.

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John Peters •

Congratulations. You'll have a great time by learning tons of new things. Don't get discouraged because there's too much to know. Just try to find a good mentor and go for it.

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Luis Nores •

Ask for everything, do not feel bad if you miss something or if you don't know about some topic. Work with new teams could be challenging. And yes read a lot to understand the way of the project works

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Thomas H Jones II •

"System Engineer" is a very broad job-title. What you can expect will depend greatly on what your particular employer thinks "system engineer" means.