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Discussion on: After you start a new job as a software developer/engineer, how long it took before you feel you are very productive?

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Michael Whitis • Edited

My last job, as a lead dev, it took me just about 6 weeks, working mostly on my own, before I was comfortable checking in code. About 6 months before everything was well ingrained.

I just started a new job last week. This company has a strong onboarding process, and is 100% behind pairing. It’s a complicated code base and domain, though, and is a full stack role (vs previous backend roles). I imagine it will take the better part of 3 months or more before I’m picking tickets on my own and leading a pair.