Engineering Onboarding

Explore a panel discussion on engineering onboarding featuring industry experts from Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn, and Learnovate. Delve into the major challenges and recent changes in the field, examining topics such as remote onboarding, diversity in new hires, and the value of onboarding to businesses. Gain insights on improving the new hire experience, cohort-based approaches, training methodologies, and adapting to a hybrid work environment. Discover strategies for addressing common pain points, including learning curves, hero culture, and expectations management. Learn about the importance of storytelling, education, and open-source in the onboarding process, and gather valuable recommendations for enhancing engineering onboarding practices.

Introduction
Ilse White
Sandy Friend
Ann Hamilton
Jennifer Pettoff
Darian
Onboarding Challenges
Onboarding Business Value
Key Stats
Diversity New Hires
Remote Onboarding
Key Insights
New hire experience
Onboarding process
Cohort aspects
Training
Hybrid Classes
What would you bring
General challenges
Hybrid world
Proprietary technology
TikTok
Discoverability
Trust
Matrix
Delta
General vs SRE
Main pain points
Learning curve
Hero culture
Expectations
Storytelling
Learning by osmosis
Education
Open Source
Recommendations
Outro