Making mistakes is unavoidable, but isn't part of the job. Learning how to reduce the chance of making mistakes in the future is part of the job. When you mak

Making mistakes is unavoidable, but isn't part of the job. Learning how to reduce the chance of making mistakes in the future is part of the job. When you make a mistake stop and think why you made the mistake and if there was something you could have done that would reduce the chance of making that mistake in the future. So if you made a mistake because you're new to the codebase and language then do more pair programming with the people on your team who really understand how it works.