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Deep End Diving: Getting Up to Speed on New Codebases

on YouTube 34m
Talkat RailsConf 2023 · 2023-04-24..04-26· [career-development, developer-experience]

speaker

name:Allison Hill
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/QGeqWgnjX7A
slides:none on file

summary

A short checklist of what actually changes onboarding: results from a 20-person survey that highlights stress management, readable patterns, and mentorship; concrete practices like an assigned buddy, semi-regular 30-minute check-ins, and pair programming; tool-level habits such as documenting decisions in PR bodies, descriptive tests, and noting exact framework versions (Rails and React syntax differences at workforce.com); and the claim that baking mentorship into schedules speeds ramp-up and reduces imposter-driven errors.

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chapters (6)

  1. 0:00Onboarding new devs
  2. 4:17Stress in onboarding
  3. 11:41Documentation clarity
  4. 17:55Teamwork strategies
  5. 27:50Mentorship workflows
  6. 28:53Q&A

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