C#•3y ago

✅ First task :)

Hi, Thats not rly a help topic, just wanted to ask you guys, what were your very first couple of tasks as a software engineer on a real job? I just want to clarify what kind of stuff beginners typically do when they start.

Sossenbinder•9/8/23, 8:56 AM

Mostly small features, like changing a bit of styling, fixing some very low-priority bugs, adding a few conditions to business logic. It's not necessarily about the result, it's mostly about allowing some time to learn how to navigate the codebase for further bigger tasks

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 8:59 AM

hopefully pair programing

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 8:59 AM

else super small task or micro bug like typo or color fix

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 8:59 AM

reality: it's impredictable

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:00 AM

the first taks you'll have to do yourself before that ...

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:00 AM

making your your creds are ok

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:00 AM

brwoser profile

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:00 AM

if AZURE, setup the Azure CLI + VS IDE

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:01 AM

clone the repo

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:01 AM

make sure you can restore / build / run unit test locally

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:01 AM

because you'll 99% will have to try and if blocked search a bit and ask

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:02 AM

eg: to restore with Azure devops if the team use AZDO nuget feed you'll need AZ cli + an extension sertup + a login

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:02 AM

you can't fix a bug or look for a type if your env don't run

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:02 AM

you'll then have to make sure you undertand how to run the app

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:03 AM

if web dev ... make sure to browse is OR use it swagger

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:03 AM

and possibly ask you have access if that app have account + credential required

TeBeCo•9/8/23, 9:03 AM

else you'll just be stuck when trying to check you own fix

deprecatio•9/8/23, 11:17 AM

interesting question
what i did was finding a way for a service to detect system start event and service start event so to execute configured tasks for those specific events

Denis•9/8/23, 12:35 PM

My very first ticket was to rename a string in an application from camel case to all upper case. From there I moved on to bug fixes, then implementing a new feature.

Today I'm in charge of a project and I have a student on the team. We're developing a greenfield project. Besides analytical tasks, I give the student as much space as possible to do implementation tasks.

Monsieur Snowholesome•9/8/23, 5:11 PM

Converting files to other file types with aspose

✅ First task :)

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