OK, keeping things vague, I came out of undergradwith experience in modelling in R.
I've been taken on by a start-up, and am being given a huge amount of freedom - essentially being told to write my own models for them, with no real further guidance. No colleagues or bosses in the office, so I can just work on them all day. Seems like a dream job for any passionate coder!
The thing is, I've never used any of the languages before - I taught myself Python in 10 days for the job, but am finding it very hard to get to grips with the colossal databases, as I can't use SQL yet. This is delaying my model writing, and I'm worried I could end up getting fired if I don't produce soon. Now, I am good at giving them progress each day by working on smaller datasets, and writing good-looking progress reports, but this can't last forever.
What I'm hoping is that I can extend this style of smaller-scale progress for a week or so, giving me time to learn SQL after my 9-5 hours independently - at that point, I think I'll be more useful. I need this job for 9 months, before I move on, and cannot get fired before then.
Any coders/developers got any tips for someone in this situation? I imagine it must be seen all the time.