Comment by dagw

8 years ago

Spending your entire day in 30-minute one-on-ones with people will not help either of those

I assumed it would be around 5-10 meetings over a few weeks. Half of which can probably be done on lunch breaks. So it shouldn't take too much time away from real work. Obviously you should be working in the code base daily, but in the beginning working 8 hours a day is probably less efficient than working 7.5 hours and spending 30 minutes actually asking someone to explain parts of the code base to you.

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maccard  8 years ago

Please don’t ask me to explain parts of the code base during my lunch break. It’s my lunch break, not meeting time.

  • dagw  8 years ago

    Sure, just say "no" when I ask if you want to go to lunch and talk shop.

    • 52-6F-62  8 years ago

      That gets tricky. You can quickly become a poor "culture fit" at some workplaces when you turn down such requests as a principle.