Re:Ask HN: Engineering managers, how do you onboard new hires?
by AnimalMuppet on Monday May 22, 2023 @08:51AM
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Step 0: Don't be on vacation the week they start.
They will need you. They will need to interact with you to ask questions (even if they have a "dev buddy", they will still need to ask questions of the manager). They will need to interact with you to have you fix problems. They will need to interact with you just for emotional reassurance. And, even if there is no direct interaction, there are things you need to be doing behind the scenes to make everything work smoothly.
So, what I said: Their first week, you need to be there.
They will need you. They will need to interact with you to ask questions (even if they have a "dev buddy", they will still need to ask questions of the manager). They will need to interact with you to have you fix problems. They will need to interact with you just for emotional reassurance. And, even if there is no direct interaction, there are things you need to be doing behind the scenes to make everything work smoothly.
So, what I said: Their first week, you need to be there.