This was the onboarding program that we had had and I’m trying to devise a replacement for. Because yeah, it sucked as both an experience and also in terms of

This was the onboarding program that we had had and I’m trying to devise a replacement for. Because yeah, it sucked as both an experience and also in terms of effectiveness. What I’m doing now is a weekly series of recorded hands-on/whiteboard sessions, building up from the 10,000 foot view of the software (the most fundamental user journey) and working piece by piece towards the details. And I’m letting the onboarders steer the agenda - they tell me what they’re ready for next, a few days ahead, and I pull the diagrams/exercises/links/docs ahead and then just kinda wing it. It’s more effective, and enjoyable, as far as I can tell. It’s probably not paced as ideally as it could be, but as a manager I have likited time to give to something like this. We’re getting to the point where I think some of the veteran engineers could take slices and host the discussion. And the recordings will hopefully act as an accelerator for the next batch of newbies. I still feel like there’s a lot better a resources and time strapped manager could do.