I'm a fairly new engineer. After an initial busy period, things have completely stalled, and I have almost no work to do. I've tried offering help to my team, but everyone's happy with their workload. How do I escalate this bored and underutilized issue to my manager without making it awkward or looking bad?

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Let your manager know that you're interested in taking more responsibility and learning new skills. Say you have the bandwidth right now and would like to fill your time in productive and helpful ways.

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Simply tell your manager you need work. He or she will appreciate your honesty.

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Don't force the issue too hard. You don't have to overthink it, just let your manager know that you don't have much work on the go right now and are happy to be of use on a new project. However, they simply might not have more work for you, and you don't want to make yourself an annoyance by expecting them to find you something to do. Let them know, and then wait and see what happens.

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