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Discussion on: Lessons learned from changing jobs in a difficult time

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Dave

Thanks for the great article (and very well timed, for me).

Re your first point, remote onboarding... what do you think your employer could have done better? I ask, because I'm hiring, and I'll learn from anyone willing to share their opinion.

Re your second & third points, to use your words. Oh boy. I remember switching from a Support job to QA, with the same company (but a different product subset). The language was absolutely insanely different. I still remember the first team Stand Up (which was in the staff canteen, with everyone eating their breakfast and sitting down)... and I walked away from it with a "WTF did all those numbers, letters and acronyms actually mean?"

You are certainly not alone in feeling out of depth at certain points. I call that "sink or swim time" - and given the content of this post, I'm sure you'll swim. :)

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Skyler

Hello, thank you for your comment!
Hmm... My situation is a bit “special” because my manager started the same day as me, so he has no knowledge of the company neither. I did wish I could have relied on them more (although it’s not their fault). Communication is key so I would suggest they/you pop a message every other day (and more than “hello how are you”).
Ahahah I do know the feeling indeed!
Thank you :)