First and foremost, always do your best no matter what anyone else does. You are trading your time in exchange for $$ from your employer. By metering your pe

First and foremost, always do your best no matter what anyone else does. You are trading your time in exchange for $$ from your employer. By metering your performance you not only degrade your value, you degrade your entire team. As an engineering leader, I find that most employees are driven by passion, and it seems that your colleagues are not passionate about what they are doing. This may be a sign that your hiring manager may have selected the wrong people, or in the case that they are the right people that this is a sign to look for a better opportunity elsewhere. It sounds like you have a work ethic, and if you are patient it will be rewarded. Who knows you may end up as the tech-lead someday. Keep it up. Now for a word of caution... "I am working day and night and send emails 24/7 whenever I have a question or have completed a task" It is critical that you maintain work/life balance. Allow yourself to unplug during the weekends and shut off your email after you are done with work. Your mind needs to rest and recharge.