Unfortunately once you have more experience you will probably agree with your boss: the project should have been finished sooner. This however is not just your

Unfortunately once you have more experience you will probably agree with your boss: the project should have been finished sooner. This however is not just your fault. The "blame" needs to be shared with your direct manager who should have been keeping more in touch with you and pushing for more immediate results. In terms of the way you were criticized your boss should have approached this with a "you are still learning" attitude in the way they spoke. Your manager might be more used to working with people who need little guidance. Having worked with juniors who excel out of the gate and those who think they are doing ok but are moving slowly, your situation sounds like the latter. The only way to overcome this is through getting more experience and being much, much more communicative. Case in point: you say you haven't heard anything from your manager? This manager might lack the proper communication skills, but that doesn't mean that you also have to lack those skills. As scary as it might be, you need to kindly ask them what they think. Talk about what could have gone better. Establish a rapport. Once you have more experience, you might want to look for another job. That is, if you have a successful project under your belt at this company and you still don't feel appreciated the company might not be for you. Be warned: generally speaking companies are not very good at making one feel appreciated in my experience.