A shift from Aspire to Bally
February 18, 2008 1 Comment
Friends, I moved from Aspire Systems to Bally Technologies on Feb 1, 2008.
Aspire colleague: I am extremely sorry for not meeting you personally due to last minute handover process. Keep in touch.
I would like to talk about my experience in jelling with existing team on new job.
How easy to jell with existing team? It is really challenging. I tried to recollect my experience with Aspire as new employee and how I jelled with the team. Conscious I didn’t follow any approach at Aspire; but it went well, because of some good juniors like Hari, Bathma, etc.
Here are some of the approach I followed in Aspire and planning to follow in Bally.
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Don’t offer solutions based on your previous experience without understanding complete problem. Even if you know the solution it is better to wait for sometime (may be around a month).
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Learn the project from juniors rather than seniors; some seniors might be busy, some may not willing to share, some may feel you will compete with them.
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Use the word “We” instead “I”. This makes other team members feel you are part of their team.
- Don’t refer your previous employer/ project while explaining any problem or solution. Explain as such you are expert on the problem/ solution.
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Listen to other team members as such you don’t know anything.
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Don’t create an impression that you are master of all. If you cannot solve a problem in near future it will create wrong impression.
again very good post….i just joined a new company and learnig the ropes. thanks for sharing