Title: Hi HN!<p>I have a question.<p>One of Julia Evan&#x27;s posts give amazing tips like maintaining a brag document. It&#x27;s a log of every workday with a short description of what you have done that day [1]. When your performance review comes around, you can remember exactly what you did! There was a more debated, but in my mind interesting, post about a career cold start algorithm [2].<p>I am wondering, are there other tips that I should think about when one just joined a startup and had their first day?<p>I created a reflection document. I state what I did, what I thought went well and what could go better as I think it&#x27;s more effective than a brag document as it helps with more processes (your own reflection, retrospectives and performance review). I also read the whole discussion on the career cold start and made my own variant of it. I call it: meet everyone one on one and get to know them.<p>One nuance: the place where I started, Triply [3], is seemingly not a pure startup. IMO, it is transforming to a scale-up, as they are looking for developers.<p>It made me realize that the tips might differ on the startup, scale-up and corporate level. So I wonder if people think whether there are certain tips that pertain only to a certain company size. Or how do things differ from US vs EU vs Asia vs &lt;categories I forget&gt;?<p>Second nuance: I know it&#x27;s tough for some during the corona lockdown. It&#x27;s one of the reasons why I mention that they are hiring. I hope it helps someone&#x2F;somewhat.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=20665225" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=20665225</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16550270" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=16550270</a><p>[3] triply.cc, based in Amsterdam. The name pertains to linked data (triple stores). But I like to think it pertains to &quot;three times is a charm!&quot; :D
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