Your first weeks
18 steps
13 Sep Send the contract and get it signed
HR · Nothing else can start until this is back.
done
16 Sep Order the laptop and second monitor
IT · Standard dev spec. Lead time is about a week, so this one bites if it slips.
done
20 Sep Book the first-week diary: team intros, architecture walkthrough
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done
20 Sep Pick a buddy and tell them
Marcus Ofori
done
21 Sep Create accounts: email, SSO, repo, CI
IT
done
22 Sep Desk, pass and a welcome note ready
HR
done
23 Sep Morning welcome and office tour
Marcus Ofori
done
23 Sep Hand over the laptop and check they can sign in
IT
done
23 Sep Health, safety and fire briefing
HR
done
23 Sep Lunch with the team
Their buddy
done
24 Sep Read the engineering handbook
For you
25 Sep Get the dev environment running locally
For you · Buddy pairs on this — if it takes more than a morning the docs need fixing.
27 Sep First pull request merged
For you · Something small and real. The point is the pipeline, not the change.
27 Sep End of week one one-to-one
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7 Oct On-call shadowing arranged
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done
23 Oct 30-day check-in
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23 Oct Probation objectives agreed and written down
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21 Dec 90-day review
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done