Name: How To Know If You’re Doing Well
Uploaded: 2024-03-18T18:55:50+00:00
Duration: 5 min 27 s
Description: Your goal while onboarding is to connect your work to the bigger picture of what your team/org/company is working on, an

How To Know If You’re Doing Well

Your goal while onboarding is to connect your work to the bigger picture of what your team/org/company is working on, and build your own ideas around priorities.

**Signs that you're helping people**:

- Are you adding value? Are you able to help people newer than you?

- Are you able to improve the onboarding process and get feedback from coworkers about the changes you're making?

- Are you able to understand and contribute to code reviews?

**Signs that you're not doing well**: 

- You're not engaging with people on the team
- You're not getting assigned any work of value, even when you propose ideas
- You need constant support for the work you're doing

Your goal while onboarding is to connect your work to the bigger picture of what your team/org/company is working on, an

With how often software engineers change teams, it's crucial to be efficient at this. Learn how to get coding within a new codebase fast, build the proper relationships, and hit the ground running in general.

Doing this properly is a hard requirement for professional success. As a software engineer in particular, this relationship needs to be carefully navigated to achieve maximum impact.