What I didn't know I was navigating as a Junior Engineer

Lately I've been feeling like I'm doing a lot, but also not sure what I'm becoming yet.

Some days I'm deep in frontend technical trivia (typography, interactions, pagination or virtual scrolling). Other days I zoom out and think :"Wait, what problem are we even solving for users? Is it worth solving?" Also, I'm reading about training pipelines, datasets, reward models… wondering how all of this fits together.

It feels messy.

I think it's because I'm operating in 3 layers at once:

1. Craft: building things properly, thinking like an engineer, especially using agents but not losing control over the work I'm doing

2. Product: what actually makes sense for users

3. Domain: trying to understand the world I’m building for (AI/robotics)

Most of the time I’m jumping between them like tabs in my brain.

Zoom in to fix a UI bug.

Zoom out to rethink the whole flow.

Zoom out more to question the system itself.

It’s a bit chaotic. But also… kind of exciting?

I don't have a clear picture yet. I don't know exactly what I'll become. Right now I'm following what feels interesting (and right) and trying not to lose the big picture while still caring about the details.

Maybe that's the job at this stage. Or maybe this is how I slowly grow into something I can't fully name yet.

Either way, I'm enjoying the ride.