New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How to onboard yourself to a new product/industry in a new job?
Ask HN: How to onboard yourself to a new product/industry in a new job?
24 by sujdes | 12 comments on Hacker News.
E.g. I've never been strong at finance (always at the bottom of the class) but I've joined a startup 2 months back that makes a b2b saas fintech product, to lead marketing (first mktg hire in in a total 12 member team). I've worked with the founder before and I like the company. The founder has mentioned that it'll take time to learn the nuances of the product/industry but since I'm a somewhat senior person (9 years exp.), I wanted to see if there are any best practices out there to increase the speed of knowledge transfer/onboarding so that I can connect the dots faster, so to speak. We do have a set of required reading material that I've gone through, along with product demos, and even 2 VC books that have been recommended on the subject. But unfortunately, I still feel left behind. I need repetition to understand something deeply. Kind of like rote. The lack of knowledge is obviously going to affect my growth somewhere down the line as well as in identifying opportunities for the company's growth. I'm looking for advice on what can I do more from folks who joined a company/product/industry that they knew nothing about and how long it took you to get comfortable with it?
24 by sujdes | 12 comments on Hacker News.
E.g. I've never been strong at finance (always at the bottom of the class) but I've joined a startup 2 months back that makes a b2b saas fintech product, to lead marketing (first mktg hire in in a total 12 member team). I've worked with the founder before and I like the company. The founder has mentioned that it'll take time to learn the nuances of the product/industry but since I'm a somewhat senior person (9 years exp.), I wanted to see if there are any best practices out there to increase the speed of knowledge transfer/onboarding so that I can connect the dots faster, so to speak. We do have a set of required reading material that I've gone through, along with product demos, and even 2 VC books that have been recommended on the subject. But unfortunately, I still feel left behind. I need repetition to understand something deeply. Kind of like rote. The lack of knowledge is obviously going to affect my growth somewhere down the line as well as in identifying opportunities for the company's growth. I'm looking for advice on what can I do more from folks who joined a company/product/industry that they knew nothing about and how long it took you to get comfortable with it?
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