Hello. I am Tokumitsu Kojima from the Coding Factory (CF).
This month's MVP award went to Megumi Matsubara from the CF coding team.
She is in charge of training new CF recruits, and was awarded the prize in recognition of her efforts to systematize the training and produce results.
As the person who recommended her, I would like to share with you her achievements.
Reasons for recommending MVP (highly recommended)
The OJT set created primarily by Matsubara. From the right, OJT guidelines for trainers, training plan and review sheet (top: monthly review sheet incorporating the KPT method, bottom: OJT training plan sheet), communication sheet for new employees and trainers in charge)
This year, Matsubara was put in charge of training new employees at Cloud CF. The reason for recommending him is that he has thoroughly systematized the training for new employees and has actually produced results, as described below.
- We have revamped our OJT system.
- We have created a system that prevents employees from being left unattended in the name of OJT.
- We created a system that would prevent training from being personalized (so that there would be no unevenness depending on the person in charge).
- We set goals and milestones to create a system that allows employees to take concrete steps forward.
- The system was also created so that instructors could reflect on their teaching methods.
- The new OJT system was put into practice and the program got on track.
- We have revamped our new employee training kit.
- During the coding training period of one and a half months, we developed a curriculum and tools that would enable users to create RWD.
- We gave our new coders their first hands-on experience using the new kit.
I really think this system is revolutionary.
What does CF need right now?
An individual OJT MTG using the OJT kit. Progress is checked at monthly milestones and broken down into Keep/Problem/Try.
This year's CF is a freshman year, and it started with the Monosasu Juku in Kamiyama (Work and Life: Maruyama's page ), and five freshmen from there joined the CF department in April (TOPICS: Newcomers page ). In May, two new members were transferred from the check team to join the team (TOPICS: Kojima's page ), and a new wind with sparkling eyes is blowing through the coding team like TMR.
However, this is a coding factory.
Whether you are a senior or a newbie, regardless of age or gender, once you make your debut,
- Uniform and consistent "quality"
- The know-how gained from a wide range of projects, in other words, "skills"
- And accurate and fast "productivity"
You will be working with a heavy Kanban board called "THE Coding Factory" on your back.
On the other hand, the work required of us in the web industry has become more complex, and we feel that the level of difficulty has risen sharply, and the standard (hurdle) for making a debut on a project has become much higher than it was a few years ago. In fact, not only newcomers but also senior team members are exposed to the same situation, so if they don't study hard every day, they won't be able to keep up.
Personally, I think that the chronic shortage of talent in the web industry may be due to this, but no matter how much I keep muttering about it, things won't move forward even a millimeter.
The biggest challenge for CF was to enable the bright and shiny "freshmen" to quickly become able to proudly call themselves "THE Coding Factories" while still maintaining their sparkle, and to enable the instructors to transfer skills in a flat manner with as little burden as possible. In other words, "education" was a major challenge.
About Megumi Matsubara
And then a key person appears: Matsubara Megumi.
I often find myself telling her "You're so well-behaved," but she's so well-behaved that I never get tired of telling her. (Member Introduction: Matsubara's page )
Sometimes, even when they're not going out, they come dressed like they're visiting someone, and they call it a "visit costume" (mystery). Anyway, they're well behaved in every way. (Except when they're drinking.)
But, aside from that digression, Matsubara said that the reason he does things properly is because "if I don't do things properly, I won't be able to run things well myself," and I thought that was certainly true.
Establishing an unshakable "do it right" style
A few years ago, Matsubara was also a basically "well-behaved" person. Whenever he was assigned to a project, he would carefully and diligently gather and organize project information and data, create a schedule, and steadily produce the work. He would also plan and steadily improve his skills, and he was truly "the coding factory" kind of person. However, he was extremely weak at irregular projects, and when things didn't go according to schedule/submission was delayed/specifications changed later, it was clear to see from the sidelines that "Ah, a beep sounded in his head," and he would panic, going into a state of mental paralysis and then quietly crying.
However, I think she has steadily overcome these challenges one by one at her own pace, and over the past year or two she has acquired an unshakable "proper" style of "even when I'm not doing things properly, I research and organize things, create a proper path for myself, and walk on that path."
And every path that she created that she could walk on was a path that everyone could walk on.
From creating various guidelines to training new employees
Matsubara's temperament, which can almost be called a talent, began with the "Responsive Web Design Submission Guide," and went on to be in charge of the "Responsive Web Design Coding Guidelines," "Renewal of the Original Coding Guidelines," and was then put in charge of training new employees. And with the aforementioned "systematization of OJT" and "renewal of the new employee training kit," you can hear the buzzing sound of his "smart muscles" developing to the level of Popeye or Kenshiro. (He looks frail and has slender arms, just to be clear.)
They are currently working on the "CF Production Guidelines" and "Direction Guidelines" projects.
The flip side of "doing it right"
Finally, we must not forget to tell you how Matsubara's ``proper'' quality is created.
She would come to work almost every day an hour before work started, and during that time she would research on-the-job training, study PMBOK, and learn other front-end technologies... She used this time to steadily improve herself, building up her knowledge and skills little by little every day. She still does this every day.
It doesn't happen overnight. But it shows that you can achieve so much with just a little effort every day. Daily efforts are truly amazing. I want everyone to experience this amazingness for themselves!
I, too, follow her example of hard work and get the tasks done every day. Whenever I find myself thinking, "Oh, this is such a pain," I summon a "mini Matsubara-san" in my head and shift into quiet mode.
Lastly, Matsubara-san, thank you so much for paving so many paths for us.
I hope we can continue to create new paths together. Thank you for your continued support!
Comments on receiving MVP award
When I interviewed to join Monosus, I was asked, "Where do you want to be in three years?" and I answered, "I like communicating and teaching people, so I want to be someone who trains the next generation of coders."
I don't know if it was because of that, but in my third year at the company, I was made head of the new employee training team.
At first, things didn't always go as planned and I struggled every day, but recently I've come to accept it in a positive way, saying "that's just how it goes!" and instead I try to do my best with what I'm capable of and approach my work with the style of "doing my best and waiting for fate to take its course."In receiving this award, I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Kojima, who helped me set up the OJT system, and to Mr. Maruyama, who used his experience as a lecturer in Kamiyama to proactively educate new employees in Tokyo and support me as a deputy team leader. Thank you very much.
Megumi Matsubara
KOJIMA Izumi