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He mentions that the task is a small, specific code change (I imagine planned in advance), and that another developer sits with the new hire for the whole day.
by rryyan 16y ago
He mentions that the task is a small, specific code change (I imagine planned in advance), and that another developer sits with the new hire for the whole day. I didn't get the impression that it's a "trial by fire" kind of scenario.
Overall, it strikes me as a nice idea; I know I would appreciate having a first day like this.
- Tyr42 16y agoI would love to have a first day like this. I know that it took me several frustrating days to get a hello world up and running on my last project. Getting the existing code base to compile and go on the first day is very nice.