How can I bring unique value to my team?

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I have been working at my current company for about a year. I am a junior engineer on a team with mostly senior engineers. My team trusts me to execute independently and I'm pretty confident in my ability to get things done. I want more ownership and I would like to bring value to the team outside of assigned tasks/projects. How would you approach identifying opportunities here?

Rahul Pandey · Accepted Answer

I talked about identifying a problem and building a solution at Meta in this Taro Premium session.

In general, try to find a "papercut" and see how often it happens + how many people encounter it.

I also recommend contributing more to other projects, e.g. contributing more in meetings as described in this question.

How can I bring unique value to my team?

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