i had a similar problem in my first real programming job. i was hired along with a very senior person to deliver a project. accept that very senior person didn'

i had a similar problem in my first real programming job. i was hired along with a very senior person to deliver a project. accept that very senior person didn't know what he was doing (something that was no immediately obvious to me since i was very junior). I panicked, and since stackexchange was not around back then, i went to IRC with a very similar question. I was basically told to stop blaming my problems on others, shut up and just do the job. Really it was an angry response and made me feel like i was stupid for even bringing it up. so i put my head down, and tried to do what it took (while not getting any guidance for the guy). the end result was 3 months of wasted time, the guy getting fired (and he did not see it coming a at all). Somehow i managed to keep my job and eventually being the main person supporting that product. The problem was with management of that place, by hiring new people, and not paying attention to daily progress and direction.