Remember how it felt to be the youngest at work. Someday you’ll be the one who decides how the new kid is treated.

Being new is a particular kind of exposed. You do not know the shortcuts, the names or the jokes, and everybody around you is fluent. That feeling fades quickly once you are established, and forgetting it is how people end up careless with whoever comes next. Keeping hold of it is what makes you decent later.

Write down one thing that would have made your first week easier. When somebody newer turns up, do that thing for them without waiting to be asked.