Ask HN: What is the first thing you implement at a new company?

Re:Ask HN: What is the first thing you implement at a new co... by bbarn on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:11AM (#17355003)

I was going to say "Happy Hour" but this is really what I meant. I focus first on understanding how the team works, their motivations, their past pain points, and honestly become one of them before I suggest changing what is then _our_ process.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the first thing you implement at a new co... by kevinmchugh on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @09:45AM (#17355244)

I wouldn't, on the first day, try to take up more of my coworkers time. I would wait until I learned the norms about after-work outings and what sort of obligations they have outside of work.

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