u/Common-Public-2513

How long did it actually take you to feel 'up to speed' at your current job?

Not the HR answer: the real answer.

I'm talking about the point where you could answer most questions yourself without asking anyone or digging through 6 different tools.

For me, it was about 4 months at my last job, and honestly, most of that time wasn't learning the codebase — it was learning where information lived. Which Slack channel had the context? Which Notion pages were actually up to date? Which people held which knowledge?

Curious if this is universal or if some teams have actually solved this.

How many tabs do you open before you give up and just ask someone? I'm genuinely curious about your process for searching for information that your team should already know.

My usual flow goes like this: Notion → Confluence → Slack search → GitHub search → Teams messages → Email → Ask the person who might know → They're in a meeting → Wait → Forget what I was doing.

I want to know how others handle this situation. Do you have a system that actually works, or is it largely based on "tribal knowledge" and relying on the right person being available?