Any advice on how to get familiar and understand very complex projects ? /u/Daen1337 CSCQ protests reddit

I recently got my first job as a dev. Everything great so far, I’m having fun, colleagues are very cool. Motivated team.

Here’s the issue: While everyone I ask is very friendly and always willing to help, I can tell that they all have a lot on their own plate to handle.

I have a lot of questions but don’t want to annoy people. There are often periods of 2-4 hours where I’m all on my own.

I’m trying my best to connect the dots but the dimensions of this project are huge.

Method names are often abstract. Setting breakpoints and running with debugger involves so many steps that I lose track. There are also many frameworks intertwined that I’m not familiar with.

Any suggestions on what to do ? Just brute force it until it clicks ? How did you guys handle your beginnings and situations like this ?

I recently got my first job as a dev. Everything great so far, I’m having fun, colleagues are very cool. Motivated team.

Here’s the issue: While everyone I ask is very friendly and always willing to help, I can tell that they all have a lot on their own plate to handle.

I have a lot of questions but don’t want to annoy people. There are often periods of 2-4 hours where I’m all on my own.

I’m trying my best to connect the dots but the dimensions of this project are huge.

Method names are often abstract. Setting breakpoints and running with debugger involves so many steps that I lose track. There are also many frameworks intertwined that I’m not familiar with.

Any suggestions on what to do ? Just brute force it until it clicks ? How did you guys handle your beginnings and situations like this ?