How to quickly get engineers up to speed
summary
A six-step onboarding system claims to cut ramp time by standardizing setup, expectations and social access: it uses Slack introductions, scheduled video relationships and buddy system calls, a calendar-attached day-one note with checkable first-day / first-week / three-month milestones, editable team docs and written FAQs and living docs, plus a one-week feedback survey (shared via Fellow’s feedback tool) to iterate. Hardware provisioning and public praise for first PRs close gaps for remote hires.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00hoopy
- 1:26Why onboarding?
- 2:17My first onboarding experience
- 3:26My mistakes
- 6:42Success!
- 7:25How to quickly get engineers up to speed on your team
- 7:35Step O: Empathy
- 8:43Focus on relationships
- 12:14Write knowledge down
- 13:21Create a FAQ
- 14:20Set goals & milestones
- 16:03Set up their physical space
- 17:18Ask for feedback
- 20:02What's next?
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