What does being proactive look like in practice?

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I've heard this advice a lot, and I would like to get more clarity on what that concretely means. In particular, what does a junior engineer being proactive look like? Can someone provide examples?

Rahul Pandey · Accepted Answer

Notice a pattern and make the change throughout the team's code rather than just the specific example you were expected to fix. Learn something interesting/detect a common failure mode, then document so other people can benefit, or leave that feedback on code reviews.

What does being proactive look like in practice?

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