What are your top tips and must-do's for the first 90 days (and beyond) in a new job? I'll start - I have coffee / 1:1s / lunch with every person on the immediate and adjacent teams and ask about their experience + what they would like to see improved in the org. This gives me a full picture of employee sentiments, and is particularly useful if multiple people call out the same things for improvement. TC: 310 YoE: 15
Hey ole boy do the necessary to join blind
Or
Leetcode every day In case it doesn’t work out
That's such a pessimistic approach, but to each their own.
I was joking around. My first few months I spent reading as much documentation as I could find and asked lots of questions as I worked through small tasking. I also spend a bit of time each day dedicated to reading about technical topics.
Look for opportunities to contribute to the team and go the extra mile to help your teammates. This will not only benefit the team but also make you feel a part of it sooner.
Rest and vest.
You will take 90 days to do that? That is first two weeks and then starting to learn projects, Roles, responsibilities, your goals, and starting to tackle small problems in first two months. By the end of third month you should have already established your clear role and starting to deliver some results. Fully ramped-up by end of three months. That is the expectation at Amazon at least.
Identify key actors to maximize influence
Can you expand on this? Influence in work ownership? Taking on staff that reports to you?
Well, typically as new member of a company/organization you bring a different (less biased) point of view about many things. It's important to identify who and why took some important decisions. Because there will be wrong things. If you're able to positively affect those early, the impact on your new role will grow exponentially.
You make 310 at GE? That's pretty solid
He's probably GE new CIO, given that idiotic old school manager traits.
Sounds like it's more of the OP's first steps. I'm imagining OP will need a week to get spun up on just the processes and systems (not necessarily fully proficient but just not giving a deer in the headlights look). Then meeting other team members to see where pain points are and how the OP's role can help alleviate those points. That would probably take another week or so depending on schedule. By the end of the month is when I'd imagine the OP would be able to meaningfully contribute anything. By driving through without getting a true grasp or lay of the land, it's too easy to only see what's the immediate pain rather than think strategically and execute with a lasting and sustainable solution. Listening is one of the skills people are terrible at. They think they know all the answers with the small tidbits given without listening thoroughly to see the entire landscape.
Invest in good relationships
There's legit a book called "The First 90 days" by Michael Watkins. It's a solid read.
This ^
Plot twist: op is the author promoting their book