small company, everyone is heads down busy trying to catch up. its easy to get sucked into code and deliverables and realize few months later that haven’t made any connection. i need interject myself into conversations, but since i dont have much idea about the lingo ... it is being slow. also i can not come up with quips like you all smart extroverts ... any tips?
Code contest? Complete noob when it comes to pure SWE, but aren't there coding drinking games? It's easiest to break into a crowd with something everyone's comfortable with, why not code? Edit: off the clock, maybe at a bar?