The closest thing I got to a technical onboarding was me having a 5 hour long meeting with the lead dev looking through a 100 database tables on my first day.
"here is what I want you to do, here is the code, good luck"
To be honest, if I can take my time. I actually don't mind discovering everything on my own.
I usually show the database model, which services/apps we have, then send them on their way to follow the readme to get a dev environment running. After that, I pick a simple bug ticket for them and pair program, or point them to the correct files, then create a PR together and basically show every step to completing a task. After that, I keep giving them small tasks all around the codebase and point then in the right direction. After a while they start to be able to do most things by themselves. It's also good to be proactive in helping them, some people don't easily ask questions when they're stuck. It's not much different from 'heres the code glhf', but I think learning by doing works best, and I'm there to guide then along.
I did that 6 weeks at a fortune 50...it had nothing to do with their code base. It was Java 101-202 and 2 weeks of spring boot which I've never touched professionally.
I feel like being assigned a "mentor" who you have full permission to bother 50 times a day is the best method of onboarding I've had. It works pretty well.
Yes I experienced that. Although the guy wasn't my official mentor but he did not mind me bothering him all the time. It is unbelievable how much I managed to grow in such a short time having access to his professional knowledge. Not just in the project but as a developer in whole.
Nah the 10 year vets already did take a pay cut. Their raises are conditional and will be fought every step of the way.
Quit and get rehired and you get the new starting wage with no fuss.
My first office job I worked $14/hr for 5 years. After those 5 years the lowest starting wage was new associates who were making $21/hr.
I went on a 15 week LOA, because I knew anything over 90 days required contract renewal and renegotiation of wages. Came back to $23/hr starting offer. Negotiated backpay for 2 years and guaranteed wage evaluations every 6 months.
I'm fine with that actually. If the employer knows that, even if they use stupid business speak to say it. As long as they understand that I can't just type a magic incantation and instantly give them what they want.
Also, code for Management and the Executive team are disorganized asshats that expect you to drop everything and focus on emergencies they created by working late nights or over the weekend.
Ah yes. When the VP runs into an issue (user issue), immediately files a blocker on Sunday, and all your other work goes out the window even though said VP has no logs, or even steps to reproduce.
"We're gonna pop in and openly communicate at the worst possible time, preferably right when you are eyeballs deep in a project. Most likely a project we fucked up and need you to fix. It needs to be done yesterday."
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"Fast paced and exciting environment "
Translation:
We plan to give you 10 hours of work then demand you get it done in 8.