Why Asking for Help Strengthens Engineering Teams

How I Overcame My Fear of Seeking Support as an Early-Career Software Engineer

Anna Carey
The Startup
Published in
4 min readFeb 3, 2021

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I know that for many developers, especially those early in their careers, asking for help can be intimidating. I often fear wasting someone’s time or exposing myself as less skilled or smart than my team initially thought.

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Anna Carey
The Startup

Software engineer @Artsy. At the intersection of storytelling, art, and technology.