Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Broke IT Recruiting (2018)

Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by cylentwolf on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @02:19PM (#39758707)

I find that for most seniors, you should follow the documentation with check ins from current employees. If the documentation is obtuse then have the new hire correct it so that the next new hire having the same information at that point will understand what to do better.

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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by hinkley on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @02:22PM (#39758733)

Yes, but double check their work. If they’ve made a mistake that is visible in the documentation, you can fix it now and also have a teachable moment. But as I said above: resist the urge to rephrase what they’ve said unless it’s factually wrong.

When I’m onboarding people, fixing bugs in the docs is the first task they complete. It helps everybody, and it keeps them from having to jump into fixing bugs in code they don’t understand at all yet for just a little while longer, while they build their 10,000 foot view.

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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by sumtechguy on Friday March 22, 2024 @08:27AM (#39789991)

Last one I was at they ordered the computer my first day... You KNEW I was showing up 3 weeks ago...

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