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Expand Up @@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ Based on this ongoing learning process, here are our **five rules for onboarding
4. Pair whenever possible. You're all sitting next to each other, so pick work that can benefit from in-person collaboration.
5. Have fun, because life isn't all work! Do some sightseeing, go out for dinner, or find a fun activity – just hang out together any way you like.

## Welcome package

Expect a physical PostHog welcome package to arrive at your doorstep within a few weeks of joining. The Talent team is in charge of making this happen.

Inside: productivity essentials like stickers, and other merch.
But most importantly, our welcome package includes three books. **Three titles that we find foundational for success at PostHog:**

- ["No Rules Rules"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49099937-no-rules-rules) by Reed Hastings & Erin Meyer
- ["Don't Make Me Think"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18197267-don-t-make-me-think-revisited) by Steve Krug
- ["The Mom Test"](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52283963-the-mom-test) by Rob Fitzpatrick
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I read the Mom test a long time ago, and I've never read Don't make me think. I'm not saying they are bad books but I don't know if they are foundational to PostHog. They will also be less relevant to anyone not doing engineering.

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"Don't Make Me Think" might be too UXy.
"The Mom Test" I stand by strongly – talking with users in an effective way is not obvious, and this one condenses the principles well. Short and sweet.
(tbh I know we also list "Principles" in "Things that influenced us", but I've never read Ray Dalio and remain an unprincipled brute)


There's no quiz looming – but do give these a read, and you'll have a much deeper understanding of our culture at PostHog.

## Tools we use

We use a number of different tools to organise our work and communicate at PostHog. Below is a summary list of the most important ones - this list is not intended to be exhaustive
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