Getting Started
Getting started at Jesus Film can be overwhelming. There are a lot of little details, a number of big tasks, you’re learning a new job and new coworkers, and you’re likely doing all these things while working remotely. Your Jesus Film buddy, and your manager are all here to help. If you don’t know how to set up your machine (or why you’re setting up something on your machine!), please ask. There is no set time period for most training periods, but most people are up to speed in about 3 months.
Your Buddy
Usually when you start a new job in an office, it’s clear who does what. Chris sets up your desk and gives you your new red Swingline stapler. Abbi in HR explains your benefits package. Your cubemate Ilana is right next to you, and she can tell you who to ask about payroll. In a remote organization, it’s a little less clear. Even when you know who does what, it’s still nice to have a work buddy to ping when you don’t know where to turn or when you want to chat. So we set up a Jesus Film Buddy system. When you start, you’ll be assigned a buddy. They’ll introduce themselves, and they’re totally willing to point you in the right direction when you need it. Of course, everyone is available to help, but it’s nice to have a dedicated best work friend.
Setting Up Your Machine
Your buddy helps you with day-to-day questions you might have, but someone on our Ops team will help you set up all the accounts you need to work at Jesus Film. Before you start, your manager will order you a new laptop with the specs you request and any accessories you need like an external keyboard, mouse, or monitor. Get what you need, and keep in mind the demands of your work when choosing specs.
Your manager will set up a Basecamp dedicated to your onboarding called "Welcome, [your name]!". When you start, you’ll have access to that Basecamp. In it, you’ll see to-dos linking to accounts or services that you need to set up -- an external hard drive, 2FA for various accounts, and private wi-fi to name a few. You’ll also see things that your buddy or manager need to set up -- Basecamp, and GitHub, among a whole list of other things. Don’t worry if you don’t know what some of these services are. Your buddy can help you through it.
If you have a specific training schedule or training milestones to complete, that will go into your Welcome Basecamp too.
Services Set Up
These are a list of key services that we use. Please note that there may be other services that your specific team may use, your manager should let you know via basecamp if there are any others you need.
Slack
Slack is the main place that we communicate with each other. Especially being a team located around the world, slack is an important tool for us. Your manager should add you to any team specific channels, it's up to you to look through the list of public channels for any others you want to join.
Connect with your manager for access to the JFP Digital slack.
Jesus Film Github team
Get added to a our team to start contributing.
Refer to instructions in prerequisites in Our Workflow
Doppler
We store all secrets for our projects in doppler. This is required for you to be able to run the project locally.
Refer to instructions in Setup Environment Variables
JFP Product Strategy
The files in this google drive contain the pitches and additional docs for our product suite.
Open JF - Product Strategy on Google Drive and request access to the Team Drive.
Know your team
Know your team helps you to get to know the wider team and helps them to know a bit about you too. Your team may use this tool for other ways of connecting (eg, stand ups, scheduling meetings), ask your manager to clarify expectations of usage.
Get invited to the Jesus Film Know Your Team account by sending an email to our Know Your Team admin
Perdoo
Start by reading The ultimate guide to OKR
Perdoo is to help you and your manager create progression pathways for your time working with us. Once you have access talk with your manager about creating your first OKR (Objectives and Key Results)
Talk with your manager about how to get added to the Jesus Film Perdoo account
Geekbot
Geekbot is a bot for slack that helps our team communicate what work we've done and what work we're intending to work on. Every working day geekbot will send you an automated message at 10am (your local time) asking you to answer a few questions. Upon answering all of geekbots questions, your update will be posted on to the #sol-team-stand-up chanel on slack.
It is important to fill these in daily to let your manager know what you are working, and may be used in performance reviews.
Once you've been invited to the JFP Digital slack, ask your manager to add you to the
#sol-team-stand-upchanel.
Cloudflare
We use cloud flare zero trust when connecting to untrusted networks to connect to the internet. It is to be set up for any devices you use for work purposes.
Follow set-up guide and use
jfp-solas the team name.