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How We Onboard New Employees Differently at Bizzabo - by Bizzabo. Takeaway: No deployments to production on your first day, but instead identify tools to make an impact. Most onboarding tasks are done solo, but "distracting" team members is okay. Also: All software/devstack setup is manual, so that people will know how to fix it when it breaks; and new hires are encouraged to give constructive feedback about the product.
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The New Grad Rotation Program: Optimizing Team Fit And Enhancing Collaboration - by Judah Schvimver. Takeaway: why MongoDB starts new hires on a "rotation" through multiple teams, and how this enables them and the org to find the best fit and increase empathy.
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Onboarding Plan - by Kate Heddleston. A four-week plan with exercises and more info.
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Technical Onboarding, Training, and Mentoring (video) - a full onboarding curriculum by Kate Heddleston, from RailsConf 2014. Takeaway: Onboarding is taking someone from outside the team and making them productive (technical knowledge); independent/autonomous (company/process knowledge); reliably independent; and confident/believe they are valuable (personal development).
- Welcome to Netflix - by Roy Rappaport of Netflix. After reading it you feel as if you know him personally and understand what it’ll be like to work with him.