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…I’d been given to read should have sufficed, but having to piece things together on my own without anyone really having taken me through it. I’m at Consultant level, which means I should be able to operate independently. And generally I am, but how can I operate independently when I have no clue what’s going on and my manager acts like I should. It’s really frustrating and I sense that at some point they will become frustrated too. How do I communicate this in a constructive way?

Take another C or analyst aside, schedule a call, and talk about the project. Ask your questions there. They’ll give you the blunt response

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