One of my favorite UX tricks is taking a screen recording of a great animation (like the Retro QR code reveal) and using Claudex to reverse engineer the animation curves by analyzing the video frame-by-frame.
there's this one cool thing ive been trying. would recommend it to everyone:
TALK! ask questions, dont try to resolve everything on your own. ping your manager. participate in discussions. nothing is worse than unanswered questions. especially for someone young. GROW!!!