You start by interviewing and asking your interviewers questions. Important questions! Ask about their backgrounds, work process, the types of projects they wor

You start by interviewing and asking your interviewers questions. Important questions! Ask about their backgrounds, work process, the types of projects they work on, turnover rate, etc. I made the mistake of not asking the right questions when I accepted my first job out of college. I left in less than a year. You'll find that there are a lot of different ways companies run, and you won't know much about them until you've worked at a few, and interviewed at 20-30 of them. Know this: Every company has problems to a certain extent. It's your job to make sure you can balance the pros and cons in your favor. Decide what's the most important thing for you. Go out there and interview as much as you can. It'll give you a sense of the companies and people who run them.