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Re:Cheezburger Network doesn't show new hires the bathroom u... by rryyan on Monday November 01, 2010 @03:26PM (#1857831)
He mentions that the task is a small, specific code change (I imagine planned in advance), and that another developer sits with the new hire for the whole day. I didn't get the impression that it's a "trial by fire" kind of scenario.

Overall, it strikes me as a nice idea; I know I would appreciate having a first day like this.

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Re:Cheezburger Network doesn't show new hires the bathroom u... by Tyr42 on Monday November 01, 2010 @03:55PM (#1857950)
I would love to have a first day like this. I know that it took me several frustrating days to get a hello world up and running on my last project. Getting the existing code base to compile and go on the first day is very nice.
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