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The 7 Deadly Sins of Developer Onboarding

The 7 Deadly Sins of Developer Onboarding

My talk as given at DevXCon SF 2017

Cristiano Betta

May 22, 2017
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  9. 1. Jargon-y The desire to show others that your are

    a smart-ass The desire to have show people you’re smarter than them
  10. 2. Unfocussed The desire to posses email addresses The desire

    to have others just figure stuff out on their own
  11. 3. Undisciplined The desire to ship before the documentation is

    ready The desire to ship before a product it is ready
  12. 4. Arrogant The desire for everyone to learn the way

    you learn The desire to want a product that magically explains itself
  13. 6. Frustrated The desire to punish bad behaviour The desire

    to have others deal with your spam problem
  14. 7. Short sighted The desire to have others make your

    SDKs for you The desire to have a product that doesn't need SDKs