• I've only been working at this company for about a month and a half so far, mostly reading through system manuals, analyzing the code, learning as much as possible about the languages and tools we're using, etc.

• I've only been working at this company for little over a month so far, mostly reading through system manuals, analyzing code, learning as much as possible about the languages and tools we're using, etc., to get familiar with the project. Right now I basically ask my tech lead what I should work on, he thinks about it, and then sends me off to do things. For example, he might say "get familiar with such'n'such versioning software", or "find a good library we can use for network communication", etc.

Edit: I'll add more details here:

• I've only been working at this company for about a month and a half so far, mostly reading through system manuals, analyzing the code, learning as much as possible about the languages and tools we're using, etc.

I'm a newbie programmer in a troubling workplace situation and wondered if anyone knew best practices for dealing with this type of project management problem.

I'm a newbie programmer in a troubling situation and wondered if anyone knew best practices for dealing with this type of project management problem.