I've always thought I was that person at my job. I started working over a year ago and I would ask them for help for a lot of things, and I still do. I also used to be the student who was scared to ask questions because there are such things as stupid questions, at least there were in my head. I took away two things from these different scenarios - by not asking the questions I needed, I didn't get everything I needed to know. At work, I have messed up before, but this is a paying job... I feel I need to know what I'm doing in order to continue to get paid!

It's like little lulu said, you are at a new job. Give yourself room to breathe What helped me get over the whole "What if I'm asking too many questions" monster leech stuck on my brain was this - I'd rather know everything I need by asking, than miss out on crucial things. Good performance gives me another day of getting paid. Most important - I didn't screw anything up because I wasn't afraid to ask, and I am still there today.

What kind of silences that monster is me saying, hey... new job. Give me some space, I don't know everything yet I am learning. What has made me feel better is I've seen people who have been there a decade have made small mistakes or forgotten how to do something simple that even I know how to do, but even they ask to make sure they got it right, and hey - maybe that's why they're still there?

Part of me still thinks yes, I am annoying because yes I still have questions, but the larger part of me says I am human, and I know more today than I knew yesterday. I retain a lot more because of this, and I have fewer questions now because of repetition, committing it to memory over time and help from my co-workers!