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3 Feb, 5 tweets, 3 min read
How do you onboard engineers remotely?

Jerie Shaw explains @ShopifyEng's process, and how they made it more effective than in-person onboarding.

Check out the interview: codingsans.com/blog/remote-on…

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#RemoteOnboarding #remotework
Here are some key takeaways:

1. Social isolation

People are sitting at home all day working, so you can’t bet on their forming bonds getting them past the early days in the company. You need to manage energy levels, create opportunities for bonding, and make onboarding useful.
2. Make it flexible

Make your onboarding process modular, so you can keep iterating in small increments. Just like microservices.

Different time zones also require flexibility. Make sure to provide opportunities for facilitated and individual learning whenever possible.
3. Make it active, synchronous, and hybrid

This is where the magic happens. Adjusting to time zones will make your process hybrid.

You can make it active by giving them real tasks to do and synchronous by providing tools like a virtual pod and available experts of their area.
There is a lot more to remote onboarding and especially to this last point. Do you want to take a deep dive?

Check out the full interview: codingsans.com/blog/remote-on…

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