Introduction to Team Building

Note: If you’re confident in your training and recruiting, skip ahead to the next lesson, “Ensuring Code Consistency,” knowing you’re already prepared to recruit, hire, and train an effective Elixir team.

The need for team building

Each time we adopt new technology, we need to address talent acquisition. Whether we’re dealing with a small team or a larger one, our training and recruiting processes will necessarily change.

Imagine this: you’ve convinced your boss that your company can’t stay on your current technology stack. You’ve put in your time to research all of the alternatives. You sell the stakeholders one by one. Some come grudgingly and some immediately, but eventually you win them over.