From 0 to 60 in 2,592,000 seconds
summary
Claims a repeatable onboarding process scales from one to fifty hires and compresses ramp to about 2,592,000 seconds (30 days). Implements six concrete elements: relationships, a first-week feedback survey, explicit goals, a team FAQ, space/equipment prep, and living docs (built on a Read the Docs theme). Provides calendar note templates, buddy pairings, Slack intros, and checklistable dev-setup steps. Reports adoption at half the company and iterates with survey responses to cut recurring questions and speed independent productivity.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 1:21Why onboarding?
- 2:15My first onboarding experience
- 3:26My mistakes
- 6:45Success!
- 7:18How to quickly get engineers up to speed on your team
- 7:29Step O: Empathy
- 8:29Focus on relationships
- 11:12Write knowledge down
- 12:21Create a FAQ
- 13:21Set goals & milestones
- 15:17Set up their physical space
- 16:36Ask for feedback
- 20:26What's next?
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