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I'm terrified I'm not cut out for this

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I'm terrified I'm not cut out for this

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I understand you guys get these posts daily, but I'm still gonna write this. I think I mostly need to vent and if someone cares enough to reply then great, if not, no worries.

I'm in an apprenticeship for this large company in the Bay Area. Me and another apprentice are building an app over the next couple of months. I know that they hired us and expect us to not know anything but I can't help but freak out right now. I'm waaaay overwhelmed by what we're building. There's so much shit I have 0 clue about and this weekend I spent it all in my room reading docs and doing tutorials hoping I can somewhat understand how i'm gonna do xyz feature.

I don't know how I'm gonna manage this, after this app we're gonna be working with a team and i'm so nervous I won't be able to complete tickets and of being incompetent.

Someone tell me they've been through this before and made it out. This weekend was so rough for me mentally and emotionally.