Restaurant manager to backend dev. What I wish someone had told me at my first standup

Nobody warns you the hard part isn't the code. It's knowing when to ask.

In restaurants, asking a question meant you were slowing the line, so I'd lose an hour stuck before saying anything. Now I say what I've tried and what I'm stuck on in the first two minutes. People are glad to help. The shift-running skills (prioritising, handling angry people, knowing what's on fire) transfer more than I expected.