Re:Ask HN: How do you onboard new hires on codebase?
by hknd on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:12PM
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Let them setup an environment s.t. they can work on the codebase - help them, but also let them document it for the next person (or update existing documentation).
Give them a high level overview of architecture and best practices.
Let them work on very small features/bugs (update text, fix small issues, ...) s.t. they learn the process end-to-end without spending much time on code.
[^ everything until here could be done without human explanation if you have solid documentation and codelabs]
Give them small features to work on s.t. they can own part of the codebase.
Give them a high level overview of architecture and best practices.
Let them work on very small features/bugs (update text, fix small issues, ...) s.t. they learn the process end-to-end without spending much time on code.
[^ everything until here could be done without human explanation if you have solid documentation and codelabs]
Give them small features to work on s.t. they can own part of the codebase.