> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ref.tools/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Early-Career Engineer

> How early-career engineers use Ref Plans to research and learn.

## Research and learn

Your main job is learning and developing your taste as an engineer. You practice these skills in Ref by researching and writing implementation plans, then asking teammates for feedback.

You work with AI to create a plan and spend your time considering the design choices and checking assumptions. This is how you learn and advance in your career.

**Your workflow:**

* Research unfamiliar codebases by asking the agent to explain patterns and architecture
* Write plans and share them with senior engineers for [review](/plans/collaboration/reviews)
* Build understanding of how features connect across the codebase