Zero to the world - How to find your feet with the tech when joining a new company
summary
Claims a realistic 30-day golden period to become the go-to person, and prescribes building a card-based service map plus a two-by-two urgency vs importance matrix. Practical tools and actions include using crt.sh and dig, poking an AWS read-only account, reading code and chat logs, and keeping index cards. Expect to find shadow SaaS on personal credit cards, unbacked databases needing immediate fixes, long-unused services, and disk-space timelines; prioritize urgent critical backups and schedule strategic work for top-left items.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction to new tech onboarding
- 1:50Building the service map
- 3:57Documenting each service
- 5:20Prioritizing tasks with the matrix
- 7:05Gathering info from teams
- 9:10Talking to support and sales
- 10:36Spotting gaps and unknowns
- 11:37Wrapping up and next steps
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