How to navigate joining a new mid-sized company for first Senior Role with a new language?
Hi everyone I'll be joining a new company for my first "Senior" role and since the technical challenge wasn't that deep I feel a little like I'm punching above my weight a little and would like advice on how to navigate being new to the company and having to learn a whole new language and tech stack without looking completely lost?
I guess specifically questions I have are:
- How should I navigate estimations for sprints? Estimating in a language I know is hard enough let alone a completely new language?
- Most of my past experiences has been about building from scratch, any pointers for managing production environments?
- In technical discussions, I am probably pretty limited in what I can contribute for some time compared to my peers, how can I best contribute aside from taking notes / making diagrams?
- Any other tips to help me avoid getting fired as much as possible would also be appreciated haha
Thank you in advance!
Posted Apr 1, 2026, 8:12 PM UTC
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