Panel: Engineering Onboarding
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Conference panel lays out concrete numbers and fixes: research finds 83% vs 13% satisfaction (organizations think onboarding works but new hires disagree); Azure onboards 300–800 new engineers/week and LinkedIn grows from 2,000 to 7,000 engineers, forcing scale. Successful approaches: scaffolded assignments, cohort-based bootcamps, apprenticeships and mentors, a buddy system for first on‑calls; virtual bootcamps run on Google Meet work if augmented with extra TAs and deliberate social design. Warning signs: one‑size‑fits‑all info dumps, poor discoverability, tribal knowledge; expect ramp times up to a year.
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chapters (36)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:35Ilse White
- 1:40Sandy Friend
- 2:35Ann Hamilton
- 2:57Jennifer Pettoff
- 3:58Darian
- 8:18Onboarding Challenges
- 8:49Onboarding Business Value
- 9:56Key Stats
- 12:35Diversity New Hires
- 13:29Remote Onboarding
- 14:27Key Insights
- 23:42New hire experience
- 25:44Onboarding process
- 27:40Cohort aspects
- 29:29Training
- 30:30Hybrid Classes
- 30:54What would you bring
- 31:43General challenges
- 35:58Proprietary technology
- 37:01TikTok
- 37:15Discoverability
- 38:23Trust
- 38:36Matrix
- 40:04Delta
- 40:20General vs SRE
- 41:11Main pain points
- 42:06Learning curve
- 44:51Hero culture
- 45:12Expectations
- 46:24Storytelling
- 47:04Learning by osmosis
- 48:01Education
- 48:24Open Source
- 48:39Recommendations
- 49:08Outro
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