Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as a senior developer?

Re:Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as ... by ljw1001 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @08:28AM (#14400608)

I've had the same experience. I'm sure it's somewhat context dependent, but if the code amounts to business rules and they are not documented, which is very common, you can only reverse engineer what the system _does_ and then write tests for that.

Of course you can ask people who are more familiar but whether you end up helping or being a distraction then is an open question.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as ... by AlexCoventry on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @09:47AM (#14401116)

> whether you end up helping or being a distraction then is an open question.

Ask on your team's IRC channel.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you become productive in a new project as ... by ljw1001 on Thursday May 25, 2017 @08:54PM (#14421335)

i hear you, but whether you get more than static depends on team/organization culture. It is good advice though.

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