One of the things I was advised was to come to the senior devs with a solution already in mind. Then I have though about it already, and they can shoot it down/

One of the things I was advised was to come to the senior devs with a solution already in mind. Then I have though about it already, and they can shoot it down/propose a new plan or agree. The end result is I had learned how to solve it on my own and a senior dev had checked it to make sure it was the right path.