It’s my first week in Gojek’s office. I’m joining the engineering department as product engineer and here’s my experience of the first week.

The First Day

On my first day, I was welcomed at the office and then directed to the training room for on-boarding process. They presented to us a brief history about Gojek, its pillar, and its culture. After that, a talkshow and Q&A session was held to clarify some rumours laying around the public. Before the free lunch, they took us for quick office tour. It was confusing at first because each floor has different layout. But as the week passed by, it is less confusing today than the first day I came into the office. But yes, still confusing tho 😆.

Is it true that learning fundamental is more important than learning the tools?

One time, I have a thought about the question above and here’s my perspective.

It depends on the perspective. For beginner who just get started in programming, it is really important to know the basic stuff. In other side, one who already knows some basic stuff, it is also important to learn about the tools. Especially when there’s an abundance of available tools.