lostsoul

That sounds awesome dwc, I'm definitely with you on the power of persistence. Thanks for responding :)!

I was open about my previous experience when I started; I told them first-day that I have limited coding experience, and had not used the language they wanted me to develop in.

In terms of switching jobs - I'm worried about appearing disloyal, and how it will look on my resume down the line.

Thanks for replying Imran. I'm definitely going to wait to see how I like the second placement, but I was worried about how companies generally deal with < 100% success with deliverables.

As I mentioned previously, the 2nd cycle is more along the lines of what I studied for. More than that, I think I realize that I'm not meant for a BigCo and startups want a certain level of experience, and rightly so.

I'll talk to my manager first thing tomorrow. Yes, its more of an internal project, and I'm the only one working on it - so me not finishing won't shut down the company.

I didn't mean do-overs, more like it was okay to fail and you had time to learn from your mistakes.

And thanks for replying, I appreciate that you responded.

Thanks for the advice Elliot. Throughout the process, I've been open about my technical skills with my manager, but he keeps saying he has full confidence I can get it done; without any real advice. Luckily, its more of an independent internal project that replaces a process that's more manual right now, so it doesn't affect anything else.

Yes, the next cycle is more related to what I do, but I don't want to get a reputation as someone who can't get stuff done; it's just that I feel 6 months is not enough time to learn a completely new language, especially when it took 3 months just to figure out the project requirements.