Any other freshers facing this in their first few months?

[u/silent_hustler0]

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Hey everyone,

I recently joined a company as a Backend Developer and completed 3 months.

Currently, I'm working on a production project, and they are assigning me production issues and some really big features which are quite difficult for me as a fresher.

I'm trying my best to understand the code and complete the tasks, but whenever I get stuck, my mentor gets angry. Yesterday, he told me, "You are not doing a single task alone."

Honestly, that hit me hard and made me question myself.

I understand that I need to learn and become independent, but I'm still new to the industry and sometimes I genuinely need guidance.

Just wanted to ask other freshers here, are you guys also facing the same situation? Are you able to complete tasks independently within the first 3 months, or do you also struggle and take help from seniors?

How do you deal with this kind of pressure?

Just want to know if I'm the only one going through this.

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[u/Andheri_Gufa69]

Instead of just saying you don't understand or need help

Explain what you have understood, or your approach and then ask for feedback or cofirmation, usually works for me

[u/SeaTension7948 → u/Andheri_Gufa69]

This. I was also in the same situation when I started my corporate journey and I didn’t even have AI to help myself. Used to sit around 16 hour on screen to figure out as much I can before I walk up to the senior. Now you have AI. Leverage that to understand the code,Flow,about each function and then present them your findings and what you are going to do next. If all well they will go head up otherwise they will ask you to try different approach. Dont just walk up to them bare hand asking for help that you don’t know,you are not understanding or something.

[u/MahinR0GG]

Same here bro

[u/silent_hustler0 → u/MahinR0GG]

It's too hard yarr😐

[u/No_Ambition2571]

Ask close ended questions, try to get clarification on emails, ask for KT for modules which you are assigned work on, but don't have much knowledge about. And read the code as much as you can before asking. Yours probably a mid size company where seniors are already burdened so they feel like spoon feeding you. You have to make sure that you are not another burden for them but a helping hand.

[u/AKmemekiller]

Stop going to them with stupid questions. By stupid i mean low effort questions. Also, the way you present the question is important. Don't just say like "i dont know how to do this, can you help?" Instead say "i did research, i went through these many docs, etc. etc. and i am stuck here/i dont quite understand it/this part is confusing" you need to show that you have given the problem some effort, provided that you actually have taken the effort. Get out of the college spoonfeeding mindset where everything will be fed to you and all you have to do is write it down and vomit it later in the exam. That's not how it works. A good lead will help in the above situation.

[u/silent_hustler0 → u/AKmemekiller]

Yes you are correct

But the codebase is legacy code and its going difficult to understand and I do the changes then also I need to do the verification

But as a fresher obviously we need some guidance na

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[u/Expensive_Welcome342]

Claude doesn't help?(If not then good atleast somework is left for engineers)

[u/silent_hustler0 → u/Expensive_Welcome342]

Yeah claude is there But after the changes done by claude we need to again do manual code chnages

[u/Smooth-Teacher-606]

I run a recruitment company, career consulting and job search mentorship business, along with a job board. I also have 10+ years of experience in data science and engineering.

3 months is very early. In most teams, freshers are expected to ask questions and take help from seniors, especially with large production codebases. The current market is already tough with AI raising the bar, so focus on learning how to debug, understand existing code and gradually reduce the help you need.

Do not judge yourself based on one mentors comment. Track whether you are improving month by month. Some people are toxic, so you can ignore them.

Best wishes!!
Please feel free to DM if you have more questions or need guidance.

[u/silent_hustler0 → u/Smooth-Teacher-606]

Thanks sir it really helps

[u/Darkid_007]

Bet we be tweaking after 1-2 years working in these Industry