Ex: I'd not expect a code commit to happen at a bank or most gov places, eg, you might be waiting for clearance for months to even see the real data!
There are many ways to set the tone, and code does speak. Great interns, senior engineers, PhDs, etc I have worked with have managed to get bits flowing the first day and week in great teams & companies environments I've worked with, and it's a pretty sure fire way to set the tone & build team trust. Multiple people often start at the same time, and everyone sees the difference. I've seen other folks do other things too, so it's not the only way. Whatever way, what you do, and not do, is a decision.
Other folks here are right to point out that not all Senior (Software) Engineers contribute code. Ex: The more senior you go, you get more differentiated titles than a generic senior eng, and part of that is splitting between management vs engineering. What an effective staff eng at Facebook vs Microsoft vs openai does on week 1 is an interesting question -- at an early stage startup, they would already be ramping up to deliver, so both the soft & hard side.
Ex: I'd not expect a code commit to happen at a bank or most gov places, eg, you might be waiting for clearance for months to even see the real data!
There are many ways to set the tone, and code does speak. Great interns, senior engineers, PhDs, etc I have worked with have managed to get bits flowing the first day and week in great teams & companies environments I've worked with, and it's a pretty sure fire way to set the tone & build team trust. Multiple people often start at the same time, and everyone sees the difference. I've seen other folks do other things too, so it's not the only way. Whatever way, what you do, and not do, is a decision.
Other folks here are right to point out that not all Senior (Software) Engineers contribute code. Ex: The more senior you go, you get more differentiated titles than a generic senior eng, and part of that is splitting between management vs engineering. What an effective staff eng at Facebook vs Microsoft vs openai does on week 1 is an interesting question -- at an early stage startup, they would already be ramping up to deliver, so both the soft & hard side.