I 100 percent agree that it takes up to 6 months on average for most developers to become super productive in a code base and at least 2 months for them to be at the comfortable but still not sure on everything phase.

I also agree with the helicopter aspect as well, that’s a key insight on your part and I bet your team likes your mangement style (mostly :)

I dislike when employers don’t structure their expectations accordingly. I once worked somewhere where we almost lost one of our most talented developers (in terms of productivity and quality and insight, a real rock star) because initially failed to understand this. Thankfully our director stepped in and made it right.

Great lesson to have learned early in my career