Lightning Talk: 10 Things an Entry-Level Software Engineer Asks You to Do
summary
Ten concrete onboarding requests land: set up development environment and point to passwords and guides, walk through the design process and the code structure including legacy and third‑party gotchas, show the end result so behavior can be replicated, assign both a cross‑codebase maintenance task and a feature so new hires see breadth and ship value, invite to offsite social time, and invest in getting to know and mentoring entry‑level engineers.
AI-written summary · about
chapters (10)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:34Walk through the design process
- 0:52Walk through the code structure
- 1:07Explain the weird code things
- 1:20Explain the why
- 1:37Show the end result
- 2:07Assign a task that spans the code
- 2:26Assign feature work
- 2:48Invite us to offsite things
- 3:08Get to know and invest in us
related talks
05mLightning Talk: An Entry-Level Software Engineer Asks for 10 More Things From You – Katherine Rocha
28mTechnical Onboarding, Training, and Mentoring
24mElevating Young Developers: Best practices for seasoned developers on onboardings
17mThe Junior Jump: from Student to Team Member
23mSuccessfully Onboarding a Junior Engineer in Three Steps
42mHow to Hit the Ground Running as a Staff + Software Engineer at a New Company
28mTechnical Onboarding, Training, and Mentoring
06mEffective Onboarding: From Zero to Full Speed