Igor Minar on Nostr: I’ve been boarding a lot of new people, often very senior people onto my team at ...

I’ve been boarding a lot of new people, often very senior people onto my team at Cloudflare, and one of my top onboarding topics has been how to minimize the impact of the Valley of despair.

This psychological phenomenon is real. I’ve experienced it myself several times and it can be a drag. There are hover coping strategies that help, mindset as described in this post is one, another one is providing people going through their professional (or personal) transition a lot of support. Quickly building a relationship based on trust helps. Radical candor is the way.

https://community.thriveglobal.com/how-to-avoid-the-valley-of-despair/