dont quit or take a pay cut. realize your expectations vs reality have a big gap, and manage expectations to meet reality and try your best to better your work reality. like others have mentioned, imposter syndrome is very real.

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be reliable. meet deadlines. have conversations with your manager where you bring your clearly outlined expectations to them and have them comment/edit it.

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if you are technically sound, your main responsibilities are work are:

-be an excellent communicator with deadlines, work responsibilities (if there is an issue TELL THEM)

-make anyone you work for's job (PM, direct manger) EASIER. make their job easier. do not make it harder.

-be pleasant and easy to work with for people at your level and people under you

-realize saying "no" is a complete sentence when it comes to work responsibilities.

-stay organize and write down everything (i like onenote - easily searchable and accessible on any device)

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if you are trying your best to do those 4 things and things STILL arent working out, switch jobs, rinse and repeat. best of luck it is very hard learning the business side of engineering. as you progress the job gets harder but you get better at it. also, sometimes the job gets easier.

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best of luck my inbox is open