Can ramp up quickly to become productive on most CF teams - hard to observe [technical execution]

[lisamburns]

I have the experience that an team members can only observe how fast their team member has ramped up on their current team. Whether or not a person "can ramp up" on most CF teams is hard to asses if they haven't had a chance to observe it. I also worry that it can lead the conversation into subjective assessment of potential rather than demonstrated behavior. Managers and reports already know what teams they have rotated through and how quickly they ramped up.

[rainmaker]

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for bringing up this clarification. It's true that this item is harder to observe for ICs and people who haven't seen the pivot on multiple teams. We're okay with this -- we find value in some items which aren't observable by everyone. A manager would probably talk to an LL or EL to get this item, or could fill it out themselves. It's possible that an IC would know this if they'd worked with the person across multiple teams.

I share your concern that IC responders may speculate rather than skipping the question. Managers should be coaching people to avoid speculation when it's better to move on. In the future, we'd love to have role-based tags on the questions where relevant, so responders can see who would likely have the context to answer.

We could potentially change the wording here to say "Has ramped up quickly..." rather than "Can ramp up quickly..." to further discourage speculation. What do you think?