New Hire Ramp-Up

Comments debate the expected time for new hires, particularly engineers, to become productive, with estimates varying from weeks to several months.

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2007
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2008
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2009
64
2010
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2011
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2012
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2013
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2014
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2015
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2016
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2017
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2018
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2019
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2020
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2021
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2022
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2023
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2024
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Sample Comments

nfin Apr 29, 2020 View on HN

Are we talking 2 weeks, a month or 3 months, 6 months+?

mandukya Nov 8, 2019 View on HN

I am sure a few months is enough.

frellus Sep 27, 2022 View on HN

"a couple of months" ... why not immediately?

geniium Aug 5, 2015 View on HN

maybe a week isn't enough...

jasonhansel Nov 19, 2022 View on HN

I'd give it a couple months.

revorad Nov 4, 2010 View on HN

Just 70 days though? I would have thought it would be much longer.

tptacek Mar 9, 2015 View on HN

Optimistically, weeks-not-months.

sheetpan Mar 13, 2018 View on HN

Understandable, is the timeline now more like a month?

rrr_oh_man Feb 2, 2024 View on HN

Why at least 1-2 months?

svensauleau Dec 6, 2020 View on HN

It's hard to say, but months sounds like a reasonable time.