Gamify Your Onboarding (to Be Happy)
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A presentation on using gamification to improve developer onboarding, describing how gamified tasks and experiences reduced the learning curve that often extends past three months and relieved burden on Product Owners, team leads, and developers. It explains concrete use of gamification to make onboarding faster, more enjoyable, and to build a strong team atmosphere.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Welcome
- 2:07What is onboarding
- 3:33Early experience
- 7:48Pain points
- 9:12Why onboarding matters
- 11:18Bad onboarding causes
- 17:39The elephant in the team
- 18:22What is gamification
- 20:10Gamified onboarding
- 22:39Game structure
- 26:15Team dynamics
- 33:02Mission and values
- 33:43Quest Board
- 37:37First challenge and rewards
- 42:32Results and happy team
- 45:20Thanks
- 46:24Q&A
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