A good post about what to do as a regular developer in a project. But the content is important no matter what you exact role is.

So here’s the opportunity that you have as a bottom-of-the-pile developer: making connections!!!

But if you come to me with a request rather than a defined task, I say that a senior digs in; asks questions; finds out more; challenges assumptions; takes steps back to look at the broader picture; and does some “systems thinking”, before knuckling down.

I usually does not take long to destroy any hope of getting it done for the release they want it :-) But it is important to have persons knowing the whole system and knowing what I going everywhere. Especially when the team is split over multiple (external) persons.

⤑ The View from the Bottom of the Pile - Ross Wintle.

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