Wikimedia Cloud Services team/Onboarding template

New hire/onboarding plan for <> as <> in the Wikimedia Cloud Services team.

Technology Onboarding Checklist
Follow this checklist to create all the accounts you will need as a member of the Technology Department, and to read important information about how we work, best practices, policies, etc.

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Cloud Services Onboarding Phabricator Task
This is your first Phabricator task and contains a list of onboarding tasks that are specific to the Cloud Services team. You can complete this in parallel with the Technology Onboarding Checklist above.

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Who to ask for help

 * Onboarding Buddy: <>
 * Manager: <>

30/60/90 Breakdowns
Some high-level objectives to get an idea of what to expect from your first 30/60/90 days...

Week 1

 * Objective
 * Meet everyone online and get setup.
 * Start to learn about Cloud VPS, Toolforge, and team
 * The first week will be chaotic. Don't worry. :)


 * Day 1 (Getting settled in)
 * Meet online with Buddy
 * Start going through the Onboarding Checklist
 * Ask questions about any and all of this. There is a long tailed setup process and lots of accounts.


 * Day 2
 * Sync up with Buddy
 * Continue going through the Onboarding Checklist, mark items as "Done" as you complete them
 * Start looking at the Onboarding Phabricator Task — while the checklist above is shared with everyone in the Technology department, the Phabricator task details everything that is specific to the Cloud Services team.


 * Day 3
 * Read through https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technical_Engagement/Onboarding


 * Day 4
 * Sync up with Buddy
 * Create a welcome email to send to tech-all and post in slack (Manager will help create)


 * Day 5
 * You made it through week 1!
 * Learn about gerrit, checkout puppet repository, review a team patch
 * Followup on onboarding requests and enjoy a "Silent Friday"

Objectives

 * Follow-up on your pending access requests
 * Ask for some potential clinic-duty tasks, and learn more about clinic duty process
 * Meet with your buddy and setup a cadence
 * Attend WMCS weekly status meeting
 * Learn about Quarterly Goals

Objectives

 * Experiment with WMCS services -- sign up for and use toolforge, cloud VPS, quarry, PAWS, dumps, wiki replicas
 * Add your photo and other details to office wiki
 * Update team pages to include you! :-)

Objectives

 * Try working with phabricator tasks, see list above for a selection.
 * Signup for clinic duty
 * Meet Developer Advocacy Team
 * Learn more about the community we serve

Objectives

 * Attend first SRE meeting
 * Learn more about Tech Department structure
 * Continue Buddy check-ins
 * Help team finish Quarterly goals!

Objectives

 * Participate in Quarterly Planning
 * Be ready for new OKR's
 * Participate in your first ITC
 * Learn more about wider organizational structure

First tasks
Here is a list of the first few tasks that might be interesting:


 * Add some ideas here...

Onboarders References

 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Administration/Team_guide/Onboarding_for_your_team
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Onboarding_and_Offboarding
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Technology/Onboarding
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Office_IT/On(Off)boarding
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Operations/On(Off)boarding

Onboardee Reference

 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Engagement
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Engagement/Team_Social_Norms
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Cloud_Services_team
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Cloud_Services_team/Team_work_board_practices
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Guide_for_new_hires
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Guide_for_new_engineering_staff
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Hire_Orientation_Videos
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Staff_Resources/Employees
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Operations/On(Off)boarding
 * https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Contact_list
 * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC/Cloaks
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:ABorrero_(WMF)/Notes/Onboarding_notes
 * https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_extended_HR_video.ogv