IntermediateCollocations#onboarding#ramp up#buddy system#dev environment#new hire
Developer Onboarding
Practise collocations for bringing new engineers onto a team and setting up their working environment.
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HR and engineering collaborated to ___ three new developers who joined the team in January.
Onboard a developer is the standard HR and engineering term for welcoming and setting up new team members. 'Integrate in' and 'embed into' are possible but less idiomatic. 'Install' is used for software, not people.
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It usually takes a few weeks to ___ a new engineer on a large legacy codebase.
Ramp up (or 'ramp someone up') is the standard collocation meaning to bring a new employee to full productivity. 'Speed up' focuses on pace, not onboarding. 'Raise up' and 'lift' are not used in this HR context.
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We always try to ___ new hires with a senior engineer during their first sprint.
Pair a developer (pair programming or mentoring pair) is the correct term in engineering culture. 'Group' implies more than two. 'Team along' is not a valid phrase. 'Couple with' is used in different contexts.
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Every new developer is ___ a buddy from the platform team to help them navigate internal tools.
Assign a buddy is the standard onboarding collocation. A buddy is 'assigned' to a new employee as part of a structured programme. 'Handed over' implies a transfer. 'Awarded' is used for prizes. 'Given away' has a negative connotation.
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Before coding, the new engineer needs to ___ their dev environment by installing all required tools.
Set up a dev environment is the universally used phrase in software development. 'Build around' is not standard. 'Prepare along' is not a valid phrase. 'Arrange' doesn't collocate with 'dev environment'.