You're the newcomer to an existing team. Maybe they've been together a long time and you're just stepping in, or a new team is forming for a project and you've been selected.
It can take a while to find your place on a team. What is your role, and how does that translate into the daily activities and interactions you will have? What expectations do your teammates have of you, and what are yours of them? How can you quickly become a productive member of the team and feel like you're in the right place?
What kind of team are you joining?
Is it a well oiled machine, or are they looking for help? Are you supposed to do more of the same, or take the team in a new direction?
How can you enable the team to play to your strengths and cover for your weaknesses? It's important to set expectations up front and let them know exactly how you operate.
Write an introduction of yourself to the team so they're all on the same page on the day you join. Expose yourself as you are, a person with technical skills and unique interests who is capable of helping but also who will be great to work with. Share your experience and accomplishments and where they came from. This will give your new teammates confidence that you know what you're doing and what kinds of things they should ask you about.
Technical consulting is a very diverse role. We may be tasked with coding complex things, communicating strategy, and presenting to clients. It's easy to encounter the limits of our skills and capacity on any given task. The more your teammates understand your strengths and weaknesses, the more they'll be able to pass the right things to you at the right time.