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Discussion on: Do you prefer starting new projects or working on existing ones?

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Pachi 🥑

I like starting things but mostly because I always feel lost jumping into something already going on.

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Ben Halpern

What makes you feel lost?

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Pachi 🥑

A little of newbie Syndrome ? Like having to learn and understand what the other people done to the project and how I make meaningful contributions.
It is probably fear tbh

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Ben Halpern

This is all pretty normal. Ideally people involved in the project can provide as much guidance and empathy as possible. And otherwise merely hanging around where discussions happen goes a long way.

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Pachi 🥑

Guess I got a find a project!!!

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Yogini Bende

Relatable! I get stuck at understanding the logic, the code practices followed and end-up asking so many questions to fellow devs. This initial phase makes you a little uncomfortable and you start getting into the imposter syndrome zone but once you pass this, every time you get to learn so much out of this.

I personally prefer starting projects from scratch but I have started to contribute to the existing projects whenever possible.