Starting a New Job in Tech
Tags: webdev, job, podcast
Published: 2022-06-24 12:33:41

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## What is HTML All The Things?

HTML All The Things is a [web development podcast](https://www.htmlallthethings.com/) and [discord community](https://discord.com/invite/jweMCx9) which was started by Matt and Mike, developers based in Ontario, Canada. 

The podcast speaks to web development topics as well as running a small business, self-employment and time management. You can join them for both their successes and their struggles as they try to manage expanding their Web Development business without stretching themselves too thin.

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## What's This One About?

This week, Matt and Mike discussed what starting a new job in tech is like. Since many tech jobs deal with large teams and complex projects, there is a lot of onboarding that needs to happen to get you set up as a new team member. This includes things like getting access to git repos, your email address, and more. In addition to project management to-dos like understanding the team's organizational structure like SCRUM, when they do their standups, how sprints are scheduled, and so on.



## Show Notes
* Signing the offer
    * Don’t be afraid to negotiate 
* Onboarding
    * Phishing/security tests
    * Get equipment (laptop)
    * Access to internal tools
        * Email
        * Jira
        * Github
        * Confluence
        * CI/CD
        * Etc
    * Setup slack/discord
    * Talk to the team you’ll be working with closely 
    * Hierarchy 
    * Find out how success will be measured for you
* Meetings/Task Management
    * SCRUM
        * Sprints
        * Sprint planning
        * Standups
        * Retrospective
        * Backlog
    * Daily standups
    * Planning poker
        * 1,2,3,5,8,13,21
    * JIRA (task management) 
        * Talk to the board, know your tasks
    * 
* Codebases
    * Get access to the code bases on git
    * Find the documentation and start setting up your local environment
    * Make sure to get the local environment files (securely) 
    * Make edits to the readme’s while you set up the environment
    * Learn the CI/CD workflow
    * Don’t push to production! (Always PR)
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### Tips

* Ask questions
* Document answers
* Write/edit documentation
* Prompt responses/communication
* Be ok with receiving critical feedback (ask for it)
* Contribute to the codebase as quickly as possible
* Own your tasks
    * If you need clarification ask
    * Find out how your task impacts the project as a whole
    * Be vocal with blockers
    * Set up meetings 




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