Just about to start my first software engineering job at a big company as a new grad.
What am I in for?

A lot of learning if you landed at a good place. Be humble, find book clubs, work with a mentor as often as possible.

Above all, don't listen to /g/.

>>106115498 (OP)
>What am I in for?
Learning a real job from scratch.
You need to consider whatever your company's main activity is as your own main occupation.
If you work in a bank, then you need to become a full-fledged banker.
If you work in a bio-engineering company, you need to understand bio-engineering.
...

Treat software engineering as a side-gig you will use to make your work easier, in the long term.
But short-term, your priority is to understand what the fuck is going on around you.
You won't accomplish shit if you cannot have an actual dialogue with the end-users. And you won't be able to dialogue with them if you don't understand the inner working of their professions.


If you happens to work in "softawre engineering company" : run.
Don't turn back.
That "industry" is not an industry. It's a massive scam.

>>106115498 (OP)
meetings that will drain your soul