Onboarding

Before Day 1

Before your first day, you’ll receive:

• Hardware and account setup instructions
• Access to Slack, GitHub, Notion, and other tools
• A welcome doc with your onboarding buddy assignment
• Calendar invites for your first week

Week 1: Orient

Your first week is about getting your bearings:

• Day 1 - Meet the team, set up your development environment, read this handbook
• Day 2-3 - Shadow your onboarding buddy. Watch how they work, ask questions, understand the codebase
• Day 4-5 - Pick up a small, well-defined task (a bug fix, a minor improvement, or a documentation update)

The goal for Week 1: merge your first PR. It doesn’t need to be big. It needs to be real.

First 30 Days: Learn

• Complete all onboarding tasks in your checklist
• Understand the product architecture and how your area fits into the whole
• Have 1:1s with everyone on your immediate team and key cross-functional partners
• Ship 3-5 meaningful contributions (features, fixes, improvements)
• Read the key docs: product strategy, technical architecture, team processes

First 60 Days: Contribute

• Own a meaningful piece of work end-to-end (from spec to shipped)
• Participate in code reviews and give constructive feedback
• Identify one thing that could be better and propose a fix (process, tooling, docs - anything)
• Start forming your own opinions about the product and technology

First 90 Days: Own

• Be fully autonomous in your area - able to pick up and drive work without hand-holding
• Have established working relationships across the team
• Have a clear understanding of your goals and how they connect to company priorities
• Contribute to planning and prioritization discussions

Your Onboarding Buddy

Every new hire is paired with a buddy - someone on the team who’s been here for a while. Your buddy is your first point of contact for:

• “Where do I find X?”
• “How does Y work?”
• “Is it normal that Z happens?”
• “Who should I talk to about W?”

Your buddy checks in daily during Week 1, then weekly for the first month.