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L3: New Grad/Entry

You’re learning the stack, shipping with guidance, and building reliability.

  • scope: features or well-shaped tasks.
  • autonomy: needs direction; blocks are expected and surfaced early.
  • ambiguity: low; work decomposed by others.
  • influence: your lane; your PRs.

What great looks like: fast learner, clean diffs, great questions, reliable oncall checklists, thoughtful tests, eager to own small areas.

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