Practical Advice and Insights for New Engineers at Vori

I’m onboarding new engineers at Vori, and finally took some time to write a few ideas I’ve been kicking around and sharing internally. I have personally found these practices helpful over the past few years, and think others might, as well. This isn’t applicable to only junior engineers, or new hires (despite the title). I didn’t learn some of these lessons until I was eight years into my career as a tech lead at edX, or a couple years later at Stripe.

The text provides notes for new hires, offering practical advice and insights for engineers joining the company. It emphasizes the importance of seeking help when stuck, understanding past decisions, maintaining a friction log, and creating a brag document to track accomplishments. It also recommends reading materials on enhancing soft skills, building high-performing organizations, designing data-intensive applications, understanding management roles, and learning about staff engineering expectations. The text encourages maintaining professional relationships and provides resources for further learning and development.

Practical advice and insights for new engineers at Vori
Emphasizes seeking help when stuck and understanding past decisions
Recommends maintaining a friction log and creating a brag document
Suggests reading materials on soft skills, high-performing organizations, data-intensive applications, management roles, and staff engineering expectations
Encourages maintaining professional relationships and provides resources for further learning and development