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I’m a young engineer and I’m always happy to take on the grunt work to help the team as long as I get a little time to help on big picture stuff as well. I’m worried that I might be looked down on by more senior engineers who might think I’m just trying to avoid the more brain challenging work

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A nothing is “someone else’s problem” is hallmark of the true pros. Intermediate folks might run into a broken build and be stuck until the build team can unfsck it. The OGs just fix it.

Keep up the work.

Very well. Grunt work is very appreciated and it not only allows you to start working without pressure it endears you to the other senior engineers as a can-do person. As they will feel grateful and released from the grunt work they might even start doing direct mentoring. They also will start to get to know you, with all the benefits it brings. That has been my experience in both professional as well as open source development.

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