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I did something very similar when I joined my last team. I like Anna's questions. One of the questions I asked was 'who do you go to for advice and bouncing id
by kybernetikos 6y ago
I did something very similar when I joined my last team. I like Anna's questions. One of the questions I asked was 'who do you go to for advice and bouncing ideas off'. This gave me a great view of the key knowledge nexus points and how people are connected to each other in the team.
After I'd spoken to everyone, I created a report for the executive committee summarizing all topics that had come up multiple times, and highlighting individuals that were widely relied on.
- ketzo 6y agoOh man, I love that “who do you go to for X?” question. I’m starting as an SWE on Monday, so that’s big on my mind.
- nashashmi 6y agowhat is SWE?
- throwawayinfo 6y agoSoftware Engineer
- untog 6y agoMore importantly, who do you ask “what is SWE” to?
- jrott 6y agoSeriously in any big company who can you go to ask what acronym $TEXAS means is an important question.
- ngkaboon 6y agoseen this pattern work in two orgs - create an online dictionary through a chat bot interface for acronyms
- AlphaSite 6y ago/wtf which of course stands for, What The deFine?
- stuart78 6y agoIn the big company I work for there are several valiantly started and quickly forgotten TLA dictionaries available on various SharePoint sites. Yet none had the few critical ones people were using when I started. Wondered if the popular jargon changed or different groups had splintered their technical talk.
- qznc 6y agoWe even have an internal web app. After years, still new acronyms are added every day.
- goatinaboat 6y agoWe even have an internal web app. After years, still new acronyms are added every day. A previous employer had one of these. Submitting a new acronym required a change request and took several weeks to make onto the site. Needless to say, it was useless for its intended purpose.
- ludamad 6y agoThe thing is every group exclusive TLAs from their local group, from their greater group, their company, their industry, etc. These acronyms can easily conflict and live very different lifespans, making a wide dictionary hard (except for identifying common ones, of course)
- hanoz 6y agoIt's "Software Engineer" forced awkwardly into a TLA format.
- lentil_soup 6y agoAnd TLA?
- jkcorrea 6y agoThree Letter Acronym, presumably