High Growth Engineer

High Growth Engineer

Starting Your First Engineering Job: A Survival Guide

Get essential tips and advice for navigating your first engineering job successfully, from adapting to the workplace to building your skills.

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Jordan Cutler
Jul 30, 2023
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Starting your first engineering job is a scary thing.

You’re probably getting paid a lot of money thinking, “How does this make sense? I don’t even know that much.”

While it may seem like I know what I'm doing now, when I started my first job 4 years ago, I was scared.

  • I didn't know if I'd be able to do the tasks I was assigned.

  • I didn't know if I'd have …

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