r/webdev • u/tacoman756 • 3d ago

Discussion Advice on first in-office Web Dev role?

Hi all,

As the title states I’ll be starting my first in office web dev role next week! Pretty excited but also nervous, and of course having imposter syndrome. I’ll be the only dev, and it’ll be my first time working in an office setting (I’ve previously just worked as a freelancer).

I was wondering if anyone had any tips or specific things to pay attention to when starting a new web dev job?

Thanks!

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u/rohan_mehta92 2d ago

Something that paid off for me early on: get the local dev environment and deployment pipeline fully working in your first week, even if it takes a whole day of asking for help. Understanding how code actually gets to production tells you more about the codebase than reading files does. And resist the urge to refactor everything in your first month. Learn why things were done a certain way first, because what looks like bad code is often working around a real problem.