A tech lead is assigned to every new joiner

1. 1

   A tech lead, by name

   Every new joiner is assigned one. It is a standing practice rather than a judgement call about who looks like they need help. There is nothing to earn and nothing to ask for.

2. Why 2 waits for 1Nothing else on this list works without it. An open floor is only useful once there is somebody on it who is further along than you.

3. 2

   A floor where asking is ordinary

   The environment is open and learning out loud is normal in it. That matters more than it sounds. The usual failure at a small firm is quieter. Somebody technically supported, and privately sure they are the only one who does not already know.

4. Why 3 waits for 2The expectation below is only fair once asking costs nothing. Told to teach yourself in a room where questions are expensive, you would simply stay stuck quietly.

5. 3

   The expectation that you go and find out

   Self-teaching is actively promoted here, and that is a real expectation rather than a slogan. It sits alongside the assigned lead rather than instead of one.

6. Why 4 waits for 3It comes before the last one because the habit is the same habit. Going and finding things out is what leaves you with work of your own worth keeping.

7. 4

   Somewhere for the work nobody asked you to do

   Contributing to open source is encouraged, and so is maintaining projects of your own. Your own, not only the ones with the firm’s name on them. Ask whoever else you are talking to what their position is.

Two of these are things Atyantik does and the third is a thing it expects, listed together on purpose. A page listing only what it gives you is describing somewhere else.