Step 1 if you've made a mistake is to tell your supervisor. Waiting to see if it'll go away on its own will make the problem grow, robbing your supervisor of th

Step 1 if you've made a mistake is to tell your supervisor. Waiting to see if it'll go away on its own will make the problem grow, robbing your supervisor of the ability to fix it. Your failure to tell others makes you look like you either don't understand what's happening around you, or that you did it on purpose.