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Onboarding checklist

Before anything else, let's check that everything is in order and that there's no other pending actions. Here's all the different stuff you have been doing today. Please check carefully that all are in place.

  • Signed the contracts
  • Obtained a @balena.io email account
  • Have access to the Balena Admin, Balena Social, Calamari and Support calendar
  • Have access to the following services
  • Shared your 'first day as a balena user' experience in Jellyfish, using the #internal_feedback hashtag, or make a note to do so in the next few days.
  • Please follow the instructions here to add your location to the balena team map.
tip

Your GitHub username is the main way people will know you at the company. It will also be used to create a lot of your accounts. It you aren't happy with people referring to you by your GitHub username, feel free to create a new account with something you feel more comfortable with.

If your checklist is full of ticks and you have created the balena account using your balena email address, then it's time to contact the Operations team using @@operations in Jellyfish (your buddy can help you with how to use Jellyfish) to let them know and share your account username with them, so they can give you team member access.

Don't forget to use #access and @@operations if you want to request access to anything further, such as GitHub repositories or dev-ops accounts. There are more services and tools we use, but this section focuses on the main ones that you need to make sure you have access from Day 1.

In case you're not aware of what your next task is yet, make sure you take your time to watch the summit presentations linked in the summit section and check for any onboarding introductory meeting invites coming your way. Don't forget that you can jump on any call you see in the shared Balena Admin calendar to get an idea of how these are structured and facilitated. We normally keep meetings with any sensitive information between smaller groups. The brainstorm calls can be a good starting point, and you can also listen to previous recordings.

Just a reminder about this new starter checklist which can help you stay on track with some key tasks for your first few weeks!