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OnboardingThe Ruby Way

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Layne McNish

Software Engineer

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Publicist

Professional Thesaurus User

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Chef

Yummy Noms

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Technical Support

Have you tried turning it off and back on again?

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Veterinary Technician

Kitties & Puppies

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Classical Cellist

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Jill of All Trades

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Omada Health

Omada Health is on a mission to inspire and enable people everywhere to live free of chronic disease.

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Omada Health

We’re hiring!Chat with me afterwards if you’re interested!

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MINASOOPIN(Catchy, I know)

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I want you to examine your current process with fresh eyes and ask yourself, could this be nicer?

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I want your new engineers to walk away from their first day feeling useful, productive and confident in their choice to work on your team.

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Story Time

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Current State of Things

README Driven Onboarding

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Get your shiny new computer

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Clone project

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Follow the README

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ERROR

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Google it

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Fix it

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Follow the README

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ERROR

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Google it

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ERROR

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Ask the team

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ERROR

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Works on My Machine

Team says:

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Google it

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Fix it

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SUCCESS

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Run your tests

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Debug

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Ask the team

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Fix it

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Make your 1st commit

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Did this seem nice to you?

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Setting up your dev

environment

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Follow a README or Wiki

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installfest.railsbridge.org

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Bash Script

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The failures usually don't hurt anything, and if it installs several versions, it increases the chance that one of them is right. (Note: The 'yes' command and '2>/dev/null' are recommended additions.)

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Define your functions

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Make it idempotent

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Be mindful of dependencies

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Allow for customizations

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Allow for customizations

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Pin versions

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Add logging

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Examples

github/scripts-to-rule-them-all

thoughtbot/laptop

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Vagrant

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Imagine a world where getting started is as easy

as

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Minimizes set up time

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Development == Production

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Consistent Versions Across The Team

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Works on my Vagrant instance

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High Upfront Cost

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SLOW

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Other Niceties

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Project specific rake tasks

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Uses Ruby

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Easy way to set up similar projects

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Dependency Management

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Customization

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Database Setup

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Shared Dotfiles

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Declares Best Practices

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Pre-push Hooks

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Crowdsource Cool Shortcuts

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Consistent Dev Environments

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Makes Pairing Easier

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Rules are hard to agree on

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Provide Help

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When to go manual

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Set expectations

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Mix it up

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Map it out

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Make a list

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Allow time for questions

Optional

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Buddy System

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Give them a few quick wins

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What can you do to make your on-boarding process nicer?

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Thanks!