3 Insync Values

to Embody

1. Be open

• to new experiences
• to new roles (and skills!)
• to new ideas / philosophies / ways of living life

• Be yourself! Let yourself be heard!
• Listen to others, absorb what's good but think for yourself

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Crack-Up

• Share! Experiences, ideas, stories

2. Be nice

• psychological safety
• warmth of relationships throughout life has the greatest positive impact on 'life satisfaction'
• keep this an awesome place to work!

3. Care

• care about others (as people, needs, time)
• be the CEO of your domain / role (own it!)
• be proactive and innovate! (default to action)

"Research your own experience; absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is essentially your own" - Bruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do

3 Processes

That Are Mandatory for Interns

Insync hours

An hour to keep Insyncers in sync ;)

During this hour, the team is online together. You can ask questions, collaborate, ask for help, etc. Try to answer messages/requests/emails promptly during this time.

If you can't make it for Insync hours, please let everyone know in advance on the #interns channel.

Required: 1 hour, 2x a week.

Default: Tuesdays and Thursdays @ 1-2 PM

Examples:

• @channel: Anyone know how to resolve conflicts on git? Having some trouble.
• Private message @beatobongco: hey, how do I set the web config?
• @gio: Saw you're working on issue X. I have a few ideas! Let's set up a zoom meeting!

"Chirps" / tweet ripoffs

In 140 characters or less, updates on what you're doing today or what problems you're facing. Also, set your slack status to where you are so that we know if and where we can reach you.

Required: Monday - Thursday @ 1PM.

Status examples:

• In the office!
• Laying on the beach pls dnd
• Rock climbing :D

Chirp examples:

• working on support
• continuing work on HTML templates
• fixing some bugs in billing system

Effing Fridays

A day where you demo what you've been doing for the week for just 5 minutes minimum. Afterwards, there's knowledge-sharing sessions, free food and booze.

Required: Fridays @ 2PM

Examples:

• Here's some minor UI changes to the homepage! Check it out at www.example.com.
• Worked on some ideas on team processes. Here's the github link.
• Stuck on this hard support problem with a business client. Here's what went down...

3 Action Items

To be done ASAP!

1. Join the #interns slack channel ASAP!

This channel is yours.

Discuss ideas, collaborate, ask questions. Don't be shy. Get noisy!

2. Get yourself a project!

At the start, we'll assign you some issues with deadlines.

If you need/want to do more, check out the intern tags on the following repos:

• insynchq/drivebox
• insynchq/data
• insynchq/web

Missing deadlines?

"Chronic schedule slippage is a morale- killer."

"Take no small slips." That is, allow enough time in the new schedule to ensure that the work can be carefully and thoroughly done, and that rescheduling will not have to be done again. - F. Brooks, The Mythical Man Month

SOP:

Post on the issue why you missed it and move the deadline forward.

Move it as far out as you need so you're completely sure you won't miss it again!

Gradually, you will get better at estimates.

3. Get to know the team!

Have 1 on 1 lunches / video calls with a member of the team each week. (First week with your buddy.)

Food and/or drinks on the company!

• Get to know how this person fits into the company (so you know who to ask for help later on)
• Get to know this person as a person! :)
• After that, talk about anything under the sun whether work-related or not.

That's all folks!

Get ready for awesome! :D