Open BerniXiongA6 opened 5 months ago
Kyle's VA Platform ticket: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-team/issues/83679
Kyle's VA GH access ticket: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/github-user-requests/issues/22100
Kyle's Digital Services at VA (DSVA) Slack request: https://github.com/department-of-veterans-affairs/va.gov-team/issues/83682
Welcome, Kyle Brost! We are excited to have you on the team!
This ticket exists to lay out some logistical to-do's alongside areas of focus for getting up to speed on the VRO team and our work.
To be done for you (by Agile 6)
To do (by you)
[x] Share your Github username to @BerniXiongA6 so you can be added to the VA Github org and relevant Github teams
[x] Join relevant slack channels -- you don't have to join ALL these channels; start with the #benefits-vro-* channels and you can expand from there as you get more involved in the work. Feel free to ask the team in #benefits-vro if you're wondering about whether to join a particular channel.
[x] Join recurring team meetings -- they should be on your calendar! Also crosscheck your calendar meeting invites with a team member's calendar using Google calendar to ensure you are in these recurring meetings. Please let Megan know through Slack if you weren't invited to a meeting listed.
[x] Go through Benefits Portfolio onboarding materials and onboarding buddy meetings (see #benefits-onboarding channel in Slack; you'll be tagged there with your onboarding buddy assignments and materials to review)
[x] Set up short 1:1's with your fellow VRO team members to learn more about what they do/how they support VRO team:
Review the following materials:
[x] Set up your local environment and start familiarizing yourself with the code. Please reach out to your team for assistance or post any errors you can't figure out on the #benefits-vro-engineering channel.
[x] Ask in the daily scrum meeting where you can pair with other engineers
[x] When you get a VA email address, add it to your Github account & let Berni know so she can add you to Sharepoint and Okta
[ ] Slack @BerniXiongA6 if any of the items to be done for you are not yet done for you/blocking you.
[x] Learn how PTO is communicated within our team. There are 3 places where we have to communicate our PTO:
As you review all the material pointed out in this ticket, please help us improve it by pointing out what's missing, out-of-date, and adding to it with other useful info you come across!