Junior engineers succeed by taking ownership of problems they spot, not waiting for assignments. Fix codebase issues, pitch features to product managers, suggest process improvements to your manager. Initiative and continuous improvement matter most.
look for ways to contribute value proactively. Don't just wait for tasks to be given to you, but try to find ways that will help the team, the organization, or the users. There are a lot of different ways to do that, and some of them are: you see a problem in the codebase, take ownership and fix it. You see something in the app that would help the customers, well, make sure to suggest that to your product manager. You may see something that could improve the process, make sure to let your manager know. So the important thing is that you are the one looking for ways to improve things. That's also the trait that I value a lot.
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