I don't find this comment to be abrasive ;P My onboarding experience at CircleCI was quite similar to yours (minus Pagerduty). One of the reasons my documentat

I don't find this comment to be abrasive ;P My onboarding experience at CircleCI was quite similar to yours (minus Pagerduty). One of the reasons my documentation gets shout-outs (as I mentioned in this post) is because there are sections of our codebases that didn't have any until I wrote them. Succeeding in spite of difficult challenges is worth being proud of. Many of the moments I highlight in this piece are moments where coworkers helped me to see that I'd made it through a particular fire and had emerged alive and still-breathing on the other side. I commend you for making it to where you are today, keep up the good work :) Update: (More thoughts, approximately 2 seconds after posting) And, as many commentators have blessedly noted below, coming through the fires with the support of a team is a generally much more positive, and often more constructive, experience. I have worked at places far less supportive than CircleCI and would choose not to go through several of the same experiences again having experienced how much _better_ this is. There's a healthy balance to be struck.