You want to prove yourself fast
And you are about to change something you do not yet understand.
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Get the first weeks of a new job right.
A course for the start of a role. It covers learning how things actually work, building the relationships that matter, and showing what you can do without overreaching before you understand the place.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I am starting a new job and want to get the first weeks right. Help me learn how things work, build the relationships that matter, and show what I can do without overreaching.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Career growth
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- When do you start, and is it a new company, a new team, or a promotion?
- What worries you most: proving yourself, fitting in, or not knowing how things work?
- Is anyone expecting quick results from you?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You do not know what you do not know
The unwritten rules are invisible and you are already breaking them.
You are joining remotely
Relationships that form in corridors have to be built on purpose.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What the first weeks are for
Learning before changing, and why that is not passivity.
Questions to ask
What to ask your manager, your peers and the people who have been there longest.
The map
Who influences what, and how things actually happen.
Relationships on purpose
Building trust with the people your work depends on, including remotely.
An early contribution
Picking something small, visible and safe to deliver well.
The first review
Setting expectations with your manager before anyone else sets them for you.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Learn the real rules
Find out how decisions get made and work gets done, not how the handbook says.
Build the right relationships
Know who matters to your work and invest early.
Deliver something visible
Choose an early contribution that shows judgement rather than eagerness.
Ideas this course corrects
You need to make an impact immediately
You need to understand before you act. Early impact without understanding is often early damage.
Your manager will tell you what matters
Often they will not, unprompted. Asking is part of the job.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course for the start of a role. It covers learning how things actually work, building the relationships that matter, and showing what you can do without overreaching before you understand the place. It sits under Career growth in the Work & ambitions part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I am starting a new job and want to get the first weeks right. Help me learn how things work, build the relationships that matter, and show what I can do without overreaching.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.