Listening: Developer Onboarding — Day 1 Call

"Provisioned" means set up, configured, and made available. When someone says "your access is provisioned," it means the accounts have been created and the permissions have been assigned — you can log in.

Access provisioning vocabulary in onboarding:

• provisioned — set up and ready; accounts and permissions created
• not yet provisioned — still being set up
• access request — the formal step of asking for access to a system
• onboarding checklist — the list of systems that need to be provisioned for a new hire

Note: In many companies, access provisioning is a multi-day process, especially for sensitive systems. IT teams work through an onboarding checklist to grant each system's access in order.

Sprint ceremonies (also called Scrum ceremonies or Scrum events) are the recurring structured meetings in a Scrum framework:

• Sprint Planning — deciding what to work on in the upcoming sprint
• Daily Standup (Daily Scrum) — brief daily sync on progress and blockers
• Sprint Review — demonstrating completed work to stakeholders
• Sprint Retrospective — reflecting on the team's process and improving it

Why the manager mentions them: For a new hire, attending all sprint ceremonies from day one helps them understand the team's rhythm and current work — even before they contribute code.

Related onboarding vocabulary:

• "pick up a ticket" — take ownership of a task from the sprint board
• "nothing high-stakes" — informal: the first task won't have major consequences if it takes longer or goes wrong

"Ramped up" (or "fully ramped") means reaching full productivity — the point where a new engineer is working independently at the speed and confidence level of an established team member.

The 30-60-90 plan framework:

• Day 30 — orientation phase: understand the environment, team, and codebase basics
• Day 60 — contributing phase: shipping code, participating fully in ceremonies
• Day 90 — fully ramped: operating independently at expected performance level

Related onboarding register vocabulary:

• "ramp-up period" — the time it takes for a new hire to reach full productivity
• "getting up to speed" — same concept: learning the context to contribute effectively
• "shipping independently" — completing and deploying work without needing close supervision