Looking for advice navigating a tough situation /u/Hungry_Toe_ CSCQ protests reddit

I have been working with a team for about 6 months, which I joined with about 1 YOE as an internal transfer.

Joining the team, my skills in the programming language used (C++) were mediocre and I have spent a good amount of time learning and trying to hone my skills in that. With that goal in mind, I asked to work on a project that was more coding oriented, as my work up until then did not allow me to work on C++ skills.

I was assigned to work on a redesign of a codebase with a senior engineer, where I would contribute to a specific portion of the project under the guidance of the senior. A month or so into the project, the senior is moved to a different team due to their need for help.

At this point, I am given the responsibility to lead this entire project, which increased the scope from a single aspect of the redesign, to redesigning the entire codebase and project management. This is a codebase that I am not familiar with, and I have been struggling to rewrite any of the code that is there. Even when I ask for help, my manager makes it seem like others are doing me a favor by contributing to the project.

Any thoughts I have regarding how the project should be done is rejected. Each time I discuss a thought with my manager it seems as though they already know what they want and expect me to implement that. They shoot down my ideas and push their own approach which I am reluctant to argue with due to their seniority. This adds to the difficulty because I am implementing something designed by someone else.

I feel extremely stressed about this situation. I have thoughts about quitting because I feel as though I am being treated unfairly given my current experience level.

I have been working with a team for about 6 months, which I joined with about 1 YOE as an internal transfer.

Joining the team, my skills in the programming language used (C++) were mediocre and I have spent a good amount of time learning and trying to hone my skills in that. With that goal in mind, I asked to work on a project that was more coding oriented, as my work up until then did not allow me to work on C++ skills.

I was assigned to work on a redesign of a codebase with a senior engineer, where I would contribute to a specific portion of the project under the guidance of the senior. A month or so into the project, the senior is moved to a different team due to their need for help.

At this point, I am given the responsibility to lead this entire project, which increased the scope from a single aspect of the redesign, to redesigning the entire codebase and project management. This is a codebase that I am not familiar with, and I have been struggling to rewrite any of the code that is there. Even when I ask for help, my manager makes it seem like others are doing me a favor by contributing to the project.

Any thoughts I have regarding how the project should be done is rejected. Each time I discuss a thought with my manager it seems as though they already know what they want and expect me to implement that. They shoot down my ideas and push their own approach which I am reluctant to argue with due to their seniority. This adds to the difficulty because I am implementing something designed by someone else.

I feel extremely stressed about this situation. I have thoughts about quitting because I feel as though I am being treated unfairly given my current experience level.