Meeting Title: Brainforge New Hire Orientation Date: 2026-05-04 Meeting participants: Jadyn Mardy, Kaela Gallagher, Davis Dunham, Michele Altomare
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1 00:01:21.230 ⇒ 00:01:24.619 Kaela Gallagher: Hey, Jayden, good to see you. How’s it going?
2 00:01:35.100 ⇒ 00:01:36.610 Kaela Gallagher: Hi!
3 00:01:38.250 ⇒ 00:01:39.010 Kaela Gallagher: Oh!
4 00:01:39.420 ⇒ 00:01:42.510 Kaela Gallagher: Let’s see, I don’t have any sound…
5 00:01:44.500 ⇒ 00:01:45.980 Jadyn Mardy: Oh, can you hear me?
6 00:01:45.980 ⇒ 00:01:47.509 Kaela Gallagher: Now I can hear you, yes.
7 00:01:47.510 ⇒ 00:01:48.200 Jadyn Mardy: Okay.
8 00:01:48.780 ⇒ 00:01:49.460 Jadyn Mardy: Oops.
9 00:01:50.050 ⇒ 00:01:51.659 Kaela Gallagher: Thanks for joining!
10 00:01:52.670 ⇒ 00:01:54.420 Jadyn Mardy: Thanks for having me!
11 00:01:54.550 ⇒ 00:02:03.400 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, excited to have you on the team and get you started. Everything went well with Robert last week. You guys got to meet up.
12 00:02:04.370 ⇒ 00:02:05.070 Jadyn Mardy: Yes.
13 00:02:05.320 ⇒ 00:02:06.560 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, cool.
14 00:02:06.560 ⇒ 00:02:07.220 Jadyn Mardy: Yeah.
15 00:02:08.840 ⇒ 00:02:16.389 Kaela Gallagher: did he kind of go through, like, a ramp-up plan or anything like that? Like, you feel like you kind of know what you’re doing getting started?
16 00:02:17.330 ⇒ 00:02:27.300 Jadyn Mardy: Not as much. I think we talked a little bit more about the overall goal, for Brain Forge, and then where you guys are with content right now.
17 00:02:27.650 ⇒ 00:02:28.890 Jadyn Mardy: Okay.
18 00:02:29.400 ⇒ 00:02:30.890 Jadyn Mardy: But, hello!
19 00:02:30.890 ⇒ 00:02:31.220 Kaela Gallagher: Okay.
20 00:02:31.220 ⇒ 00:02:32.230 Jadyn Mardy: I know. And…
21 00:02:32.230 ⇒ 00:02:33.140 Kaela Gallagher: Hey, Davis.
22 00:02:34.250 ⇒ 00:02:35.450 Jadyn Mardy: Nice to meet you.
23 00:02:35.450 ⇒ 00:02:36.979 Davis Dunham: Nice to meet you too, Jaden.
24 00:02:38.080 ⇒ 00:02:43.870 Jadyn Mardy: Yeah, so that was as far as we, I think, got in the conversation.
25 00:02:44.080 ⇒ 00:02:58.039 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, okay, cool. Well, I’m sure you guys will sync again, this week, but yeah, Jaden, meet Davis, Davis meet Jaden. Jaden’s gonna be a content strategist for us, and Davis will be starting soon as an AI engineer.
26 00:02:58.420 ⇒ 00:02:59.310 Jadyn Mardy: Awesome.
27 00:02:59.310 ⇒ 00:03:00.839 Davis Dunham: Lovely, very nice to meet you.
28 00:03:03.050 ⇒ 00:03:05.979 Kaela Gallagher: We also have Michele on.
29 00:03:06.390 ⇒ 00:03:08.630 Kaela Gallagher: sticky.
30 00:03:08.630 ⇒ 00:03:10.760 Michele Altomare: Nice to meet you, Jaden, nice to meet you.
31 00:03:11.100 ⇒ 00:03:11.450 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
32 00:03:11.450 ⇒ 00:03:12.160 Jadyn Mardy: Michael?
33 00:03:13.010 ⇒ 00:03:23.669 Kaela Gallagher: I was just saying, Jayden’s going to be a content strategist for us, and Davis, on the AI engineering side, and then Mickey,
34 00:03:24.100 ⇒ 00:03:27.050 Kaela Gallagher: How would you describe what you’re up to?
35 00:03:27.050 ⇒ 00:03:30.399 Michele Altomare: That is the question of the week.
36 00:03:30.580 ⇒ 00:03:39.160 Michele Altomare: Yeah, media, creative, I’m working a lot with Lisa, I don’t know if Jaden or Davis, if you guys have met her.
37 00:03:39.370 ⇒ 00:03:49.210 Michele Altomare: She’s on, like, the go-to-market side, so figuring out what content she might need made. Jaden, I think, will be working very closely. Davis, also, probably, so…
38 00:03:49.630 ⇒ 00:03:50.769 Davis Dunham: Small company.
39 00:03:50.770 ⇒ 00:03:52.300 Michele Altomare: You know.
40 00:03:53.220 ⇒ 00:03:54.739 Michele Altomare: You’re also in Austin, which is great.
41 00:03:54.740 ⇒ 00:03:56.400 Davis Dunham: Yes, yeah, absolutely.
42 00:03:57.770 ⇒ 00:04:00.109 Kaela Gallagher: and Jaden is located in Boston.
43 00:04:00.740 ⇒ 00:04:01.660 Davis Dunham: Heard.
44 00:04:03.330 ⇒ 00:04:20.479 Kaela Gallagher: Cool. Well, I’m excited because this is the first time I’ve done an orientation with more than one person, so this is so exciting, we’re growing quickly. And yeah, I can kind of run through our deck, and if you guys have questions, just stop me at any point.
45 00:04:21.220 ⇒ 00:04:22.070 Kaela Gallagher: Tool.
46 00:04:22.390 ⇒ 00:04:24.709 Kaela Gallagher: I’m gonna share my screen really quickly.
47 00:04:26.740 ⇒ 00:04:27.560 Kaela Gallagher: Okay.
48 00:04:28.920 ⇒ 00:04:30.619 Kaela Gallagher: So you guys can see this.
49 00:04:35.100 ⇒ 00:04:38.040 Kaela Gallagher: Can you guys hear me okay? Am I cutting out a little bit?
50 00:04:38.040 ⇒ 00:04:39.219 Michele Altomare: You’re perfect. Alright.
51 00:04:39.760 ⇒ 00:04:51.129 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, awesome. So, we’ll introduce you guys to BrainForge’s mission, culture, values, and then make sure you guys are all set up for success as you’re getting started.
52 00:04:51.300 ⇒ 00:05:00.529 Kaela Gallagher: So, our mission is to turn chaos into clarity, using data and AI to drive better decisions for our clients.
53 00:05:00.530 ⇒ 00:05:14.790 Kaela Gallagher: And, our overall vision for the company is that everybody eats, so we all share success, but we also operate like giants, so think big and execute with excellence in everything that you do, and just deliver at the highest level.
54 00:05:14.790 ⇒ 00:05:29.060 Kaela Gallagher: And then also give back and pay forward, so we’re investing a lot in, internal tooling and training, and just sharing knowledge across the board. So I think you’ll see the culture here is everybody’s willing to help each other out.
55 00:05:29.990 ⇒ 00:05:40.340 Kaela Gallagher: In terms of what we do, so on the delivery side, I know some of us are a little bit more internal, but what we offer our clients is kind of 3 service lines, so…
56 00:05:40.340 ⇒ 00:05:52.139 Kaela Gallagher: One is data, one is AI, and one is strategy and analytics. And, you’ll see later, but our delivery team is kind of separated into these three categories as well.
57 00:05:52.140 ⇒ 00:06:10.820 Kaela Gallagher: So sometimes we might start off with a client helping out with, you know, their data, organizing it, putting it into a warehouse, something like that, and then once it’s cleaned up, we can go in and kind of do the AI side and, build out different agents, and then strategy and analytics is kind of looped into everything.
58 00:06:13.990 ⇒ 00:06:36.279 Kaela Gallagher: And then in terms of who we serve, so a lot of the people that we’re working with are maybe, like, directors or heads of data or analytics, maybe, like, a head of marketing or a head of growth, where we’re kind of helping out on the MarTech side, and our target industries are listed here, but we work with a lot of, like, CPG brands, so,
59 00:06:36.280 ⇒ 00:06:49.359 Kaela Gallagher: you know, brands that you’ve seen on the shelf at, like, Target and Walmart, like Element and Magic Spoon, but then also maybe, like, healthcare clients like Eden or SAS, like default. So, our clients are kind of across…
60 00:06:49.360 ⇒ 00:06:50.260 Kaela Gallagher: the board.
61 00:06:53.120 ⇒ 00:07:08.360 Kaela Gallagher: Cool. And then the Brainforge team, so you guys have probably all met Utam and Robert by now. But then you can see the org chart here, kind of how things are broken down. This was as of, like, 2 weeks ago, so it needs to be updated with all of you guys.
62 00:07:08.380 ⇒ 00:07:26.110 Kaela Gallagher: But we have some advisors that we work with. We have, like, our go-to-market marketing design team, we have then this big delivery umbrella here, which is, like I said, broken down into those three areas, so AI, data, and strategy and analytics.
63 00:07:26.170 ⇒ 00:07:30.630 Kaela Gallagher: And then we have kind of internal, like, people and operations as well.
64 00:07:30.880 ⇒ 00:07:38.249 Kaela Gallagher: So, you can see this org chart anytime on our People and Culture page within Notion, if you’re ever curious.
65 00:07:39.690 ⇒ 00:07:51.519 Kaela Gallagher: Cool. And then, in terms of, like, some of the acronyms we use, OKRs, objectives and key results, that’s how we measure things on a weekly basis. Anybody that’s at,
66 00:07:51.520 ⇒ 00:08:01.280 Kaela Gallagher: even, like, a senior level at the company is probably turning these in weekly. We also have AORs, which is our areas of responsibility, how we kind of define things between roles.
67 00:08:01.280 ⇒ 00:08:25.580 Kaela Gallagher: And then just overall, like, cultural notes, so important to come into meetings with agendas. In general, we try to be remote and async and not have meetings unless necessary, unless they’re going to provide a lot of value. So if you’re coming into one, just be prepared. Camera on is super important, too, since we’re fully remote, just being able to connect. And then, yeah, we like to fail fast, like.
68 00:08:25.580 ⇒ 00:08:32.149 Kaela Gallagher: There’s new things happening at the company every single week, every day, so we move really quickly.
69 00:08:34.809 ⇒ 00:08:57.439 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, communication standards. So, announcements, if you’re ever sending something to a channel with more than one person, important to say, like, not only what it is, but why it’s important, and what you expect people to do with it, so any, like, calls to action. And then any questions or thoughts about the thing that you’ve sent would be replied to with a thread, so you can use the thread there.
70 00:08:57.440 ⇒ 00:08:59.119 Kaela Gallagher: function on Slack.
71 00:08:59.640 ⇒ 00:09:15.659 Kaela Gallagher: If you have any requests, you can use this function called slash asks, or linear asks in Slack. This avoids, like, a DM to somebody on the operations team, and I can show you guys
72 00:09:15.790 ⇒ 00:09:21.630 Kaela Gallagher: Kind of what this’ll… look like. Here’s my Slack. Okay, so…
73 00:09:21.840 ⇒ 00:09:30.499 Kaela Gallagher: At the bottom here, now that I’ve used this function once, I have the app present, which is linear asks, and I can create a private
74 00:09:31.270 ⇒ 00:09:48.690 Kaela Gallagher: ask. So, you can have maybe an expense request, or you need access to a tool. Maybe you have, like, a random question, it can go into the general section. If you ever need time off, or you need some sick time, you would put that here. If you…
75 00:09:48.700 ⇒ 00:09:55.239 Kaela Gallagher: Are using some of our internal tools, and you have a request related to that, that would be for our platform team.
76 00:09:55.460 ⇒ 00:10:13.660 Kaela Gallagher: Legal, that’s mostly for me. And then delivery, if you are going to be working more than the number of hours, like, listed in your contract, you can ask for that extra time here as well. So, this ask function is a great place to go for questions in general.
77 00:10:14.050 ⇒ 00:10:29.920 Kaela Gallagher: We’ll also have you guys all on the Ask New Hires channel, so, you can use this for any questions that you might have. Rico, B, and myself are all on this thread, so,
78 00:10:29.920 ⇒ 00:10:38.000 Kaela Gallagher: we can just respond with whoever might know the information, or whoever can help you quickest, so that’s a great resource, too.
79 00:10:38.930 ⇒ 00:10:43.889 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, that was a lot about Slack and asking questions. Any questions there?
80 00:10:45.820 ⇒ 00:10:46.429 Michele Altomare: Oh my god.
81 00:10:46.430 ⇒ 00:10:46.790 Davis Dunham: I mean?
82 00:10:46.790 ⇒ 00:10:50.180 Michele Altomare: All makes sense. Sorry, guys, I lost my voice.
83 00:10:50.980 ⇒ 00:10:51.610 Michele Altomare: load.
84 00:10:51.940 ⇒ 00:11:00.250 Michele Altomare: Looks good. Okay. Is the, is the, kayla, you were saying it’s… Linear asks, right?
85 00:11:00.710 ⇒ 00:11:06.580 Kaela Gallagher: Yes, so if you don’t see that app at the bottom of,
86 00:11:06.850 ⇒ 00:11:26.529 Kaela Gallagher: your Slack, you probably won’t see it until the first time that you use it. You can go into any public channel and do slash asks, and when you click this button here, instead of sending this, actually, to the channel, it’ll populate that box with those options for you. So the first time, you’ll need to do it this way.
87 00:11:26.780 ⇒ 00:11:27.490 Michele Altomare: Okay.
88 00:11:27.950 ⇒ 00:11:32.909 Michele Altomare: Okay. It’s cool. It’s for, like, making tickets inside of Slack, basically, that anybody can grab.
89 00:11:33.350 ⇒ 00:11:41.420 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, yep, they get, like, funneled right into linear and ticketed to the right person. So, yeah, really efficient.
90 00:11:41.800 ⇒ 00:11:50.939 Kaela Gallagher: Cool. And then any recognition you might have for somebody, somebody helped you out, like, please send that in a public channel. We love, just regular shout-outs.
91 00:11:50.940 ⇒ 00:12:04.010 Kaela Gallagher: And then, I don’t know if any of you guys will be super client-facing, but, we do kind of have a client playbook, which you can ask cursor or open code for. They can… it can guide you on that.
92 00:12:04.210 ⇒ 00:12:21.329 Kaela Gallagher: And then, just client privacy is super important. I know we have clients listed on our website. Those are okay to refer to. Those are mostly previous clients, but for the most part, we’re keeping current clients, under wraps. So just be careful not to mention them, in anything that might be external.
93 00:12:22.190 ⇒ 00:12:24.799 Kaela Gallagher: And then for internal communication.
94 00:12:25.130 ⇒ 00:12:41.000 Kaela Gallagher: You guys can click this link later, but just operating at a high level, what we call, like, level 5 communication, which is, if you’re presenting a problem, you’re already, you know, saying the steps that you’ve done to address it when you expect to have a next update.
95 00:12:41.090 ⇒ 00:12:59.209 Kaela Gallagher: And always best to default to transparency. More communication is always going to be considered better than less, and if you’re not always on Slack and sending out a ton of messages, like, something might be wrong. So, just always default to more communication.
96 00:13:01.580 ⇒ 00:13:08.080 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, cool. So net 30 payment schedule is how we have our payments set up.
97 00:13:08.620 ⇒ 00:13:22.849 Kaela Gallagher: what this means is that the invoice for the month is going to be due to you within 30 days of the month finishing. So, for example, for the month of May, it’ll all be a May payment that’s going to come to you by the end of June.
98 00:13:23.080 ⇒ 00:13:31.300 Kaela Gallagher: You can view these in your RAMP portal, which you should be getting set up soon.
99 00:13:31.300 ⇒ 00:13:48.120 Kaela Gallagher: So you can see when it’s initiated, and the estimated amount that will be sent to you, and when it’s, like, estimated to arrive to you as well. But if you have any questions about finance, or the RAMP platform, payments, anything like that, finance at Brainforge, our email.
100 00:13:48.220 ⇒ 00:13:49.430 Kaela Gallagher: Can help you out.
101 00:13:52.540 ⇒ 00:13:53.330 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
102 00:13:53.690 ⇒ 00:14:11.160 Kaela Gallagher: In terms of, like, updating your LinkedIn, if this is applicable to you, our marketing team can provide, like, a banner for you, or logos, if you want to make a post or update your LinkedIn. Hannah on the marketing team would be a great resource for that.
103 00:14:13.350 ⇒ 00:14:21.400 Kaela Gallagher: Cool. And then we’ll go over the tools that you’ll be using, and just make sure that you guys have access to this.
104 00:14:21.400 ⇒ 00:14:35.160 Kaela Gallagher: So, starting off, Clockify is where you’ll be entering your hours. There’s a few different ways you can do it. One is a manual way through the timesheet, where you just enter hours that you’ve spent in each category.
105 00:14:35.160 ⇒ 00:14:42.099 Kaela Gallagher: Another one is a time tracker. This might be helpful if you’re, like, super heads down in a task, and you just want to press start and stop.
106 00:14:42.320 ⇒ 00:14:50.010 Kaela Gallagher: And the last one is Calendar, so you can sync it with your Google Calendar. It will try to…
107 00:14:50.230 ⇒ 00:15:07.289 Kaela Gallagher: say, like, what category your meetings fall under and do your hours for you. I think this works best if your calendar is, like, super time blocked, but, regardless, it will, like, require you to scan and kind of approve it at the end, just make sure everything got imported correctly.
108 00:15:07.520 ⇒ 00:15:17.210 Kaela Gallagher: Just be sure, like, you’re updating your hours daily, and don’t create your own project, so I’ll show you what the projects…
109 00:15:17.640 ⇒ 00:15:18.980 Kaela Gallagher: look like.
110 00:15:20.410 ⇒ 00:15:39.780 Kaela Gallagher: But basically, when you’re entering your hours, so these are the three buckets that most of my work falls under, which is why I have these pulled up. So, maybe you’re doing one-on-ones, internal. This call will be classified under learning and development. So, you can drop down this project menu, click Learning and Development, and put this time under there.
111 00:15:41.630 ⇒ 00:15:53.450 Kaela Gallagher: But be sure not to, like, create a new project for something. Like, all the work you’re doing should fall under one of these categories, and if you’re unsure, you can message the New Hires channel, and we can advise you on that.
112 00:15:55.990 ⇒ 00:15:59.389 Kaela Gallagher: Any questions about Clockify or hours?
113 00:16:03.610 ⇒ 00:16:05.039 Michele Altomare: You’re smooth on it, Kayla.
114 00:16:05.090 ⇒ 00:16:05.959 Kaela Gallagher: I guess so.
115 00:16:05.960 ⇒ 00:16:08.109 Michele Altomare: There’s been a lot of these orientations one-on-one.
116 00:16:08.270 ⇒ 00:16:12.930 Kaela Gallagher: I saw Davis’ face. Do you have a question?
117 00:16:13.330 ⇒ 00:16:18.109 Davis Dunham: No, I was thinking about it, but no, everything is… you’re doing a really good job.
118 00:16:18.110 ⇒ 00:16:19.540 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, alright.
119 00:16:20.590 ⇒ 00:16:31.309 Kaela Gallagher: On to the next tool. So, Notion is what we’re using for a lot of our standard operating procedures. A lot of us probably take notes in it.
120 00:16:31.350 ⇒ 00:16:41.149 Kaela Gallagher: anything that you might have a question on, like, you can ask Cursor, and it might be pulling from Notion for you with answers. You can also access Notion. I would…
121 00:16:41.190 ⇒ 00:16:57.449 Kaela Gallagher: recommend, like, depending on what team you’re on, like, there’s a marketing section, and there’s an AI section, and then applicable to all of you guys would be, like, our people and culture section. So, I would just spend some time going through Notion and, familiarizing yourself with the tools there.
122 00:16:57.450 ⇒ 00:17:03.339 Kaela Gallagher: Does anybody not have access to Notion? You should be able to log in through your Google account.
123 00:17:05.410 ⇒ 00:17:07.000 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, cool.
124 00:17:07.369 ⇒ 00:17:07.959 Jadyn Mardy: Good.
125 00:17:07.960 ⇒ 00:17:23.440 Kaela Gallagher: Cursor. Cursor and OpenCode are our main AI platforms that we’re using right now, so you’re going to want to get this set up. There is a quick start guide on our platform that will show you how to get this set up.
126 00:17:23.500 ⇒ 00:17:37.229 Kaela Gallagher: And if you have any questions, Brielle on our team is our learning and development lead and kind of in-house AI expert, so he’s a great person to help you with these platforms if you run into any issues.
127 00:17:38.530 ⇒ 00:17:42.449 Kaela Gallagher: Does anybody not have an AI tool set up yet?
128 00:17:44.420 ⇒ 00:17:45.439 Davis Dunham: I’m all good.
129 00:17:45.800 ⇒ 00:17:51.090 Kaela Gallagher: Davis, I know you’re… you’re rocking and rolling. Okay, cool.
130 00:17:51.090 ⇒ 00:17:56.669 Michele Altomare: Actually, one quick question. Yes. I was messaging with Brile about this earlier today.
131 00:17:56.790 ⇒ 00:17:58.220 Michele Altomare: for usage.
132 00:17:59.300 ⇒ 00:18:03.389 Michele Altomare: I guess, is there anything that we have to keep in mind? Like, I got a ping today that…
133 00:18:03.710 ⇒ 00:18:09.109 Michele Altomare: linear, I hit the limit, and then I just kept messaging, and then it… Kept going.
134 00:18:09.110 ⇒ 00:18:09.840 Kaela Gallagher: Okay.
135 00:18:09.840 ⇒ 00:18:10.790 Michele Altomare: or…
136 00:18:12.070 ⇒ 00:18:12.700 Michele Altomare: Yeah.
137 00:18:12.700 ⇒ 00:18:29.559 Kaela Gallagher: So for usage, the reason that we’ve introduced OpenCode recently as another option is because it’s way cheaper. So Cursor, if you’re using a model like Sonnet 4.6, or, like, one of the more advanced models.
138 00:18:29.560 ⇒ 00:18:35.009 Kaela Gallagher: You could run out of… of usage, which I did today.
139 00:18:35.060 ⇒ 00:18:45.609 Kaela Gallagher: If that happens, you can message, like, B or UTAM, and they’ll probably advise you to use a different model or, utilize open code, because you probably won’t hit those limits there.
140 00:18:46.030 ⇒ 00:18:47.310 Michele Altomare: But, cool.
141 00:18:48.400 ⇒ 00:18:49.490 Michele Altomare: Sounds good.
142 00:18:51.270 ⇒ 00:18:59.160 Kaela Gallagher: And Jaden, I know you’re just, like, getting logged in, getting everything set up today, so, yeah, let us know if you have any questions.
143 00:18:59.840 ⇒ 00:19:00.420 Kaela Gallagher: Okay.
144 00:19:00.420 ⇒ 00:19:01.409 Jadyn Mardy: Will do.
145 00:19:01.620 ⇒ 00:19:19.369 Kaela Gallagher: Cool. And then for Slack, I know you guys are all on there, because I’ve been messaging you, but I would scroll through the channels, see if there’s anything that might be useful for you to be added to, but in general, I would join the Fun in Random, I would join the Brainforge team.
146 00:19:19.370 ⇒ 00:19:31.479 Kaela Gallagher: There’s, like, a data channel, data service, and AI service. Those are gonna be helpful to join. PTO and SIC requests is a helpful channel.
147 00:19:31.480 ⇒ 00:19:34.149 Kaela Gallagher: So I would just kind of look through…
148 00:19:34.640 ⇒ 00:19:37.829 Kaela Gallagher: The open ones, and see what might be relevant to you.
149 00:19:40.840 ⇒ 00:19:41.710 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
150 00:19:42.020 ⇒ 00:19:57.360 Kaela Gallagher: And then just best practices on Slack, make sure that your, like, status is up-to-date. We don’t have, like, a huge company calendar with everybody’s out of offices. We really utilize Slack statuses,
151 00:19:57.660 ⇒ 00:20:08.260 Kaela Gallagher: For that, so if you’re going out of office, you can click your profile on the bottom corner, update your status, maybe you’re going to lunch, maybe you’re sick, just make sure that’s up to date.
152 00:20:10.930 ⇒ 00:20:11.740 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
153 00:20:12.470 ⇒ 00:20:22.840 Kaela Gallagher: And then, yeah, for this one, the desktop app is super helpful. I recommend using that instead of a web version, and then just make sure your profile photo is updated as well.
154 00:20:23.450 ⇒ 00:20:24.250 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
155 00:20:24.450 ⇒ 00:20:43.810 Kaela Gallagher: And then for linear, that’s, like, our version of Jira, so any tickets are going to be stored there. You might have tickets assigned to you there, so I would familiarize yourself with that platform. I recently got the desktop app for this one, and it was a game changer, so I would use, desktop instead of web on this one as well.
156 00:20:46.080 ⇒ 00:20:52.079 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, Brainforge platform. So, I’m gonna show you guys my…
157 00:20:52.320 ⇒ 00:20:57.269 Kaela Gallagher: BrainForge platform for this, because it’s our internal,
158 00:20:57.810 ⇒ 00:21:09.999 Kaela Gallagher: hub for everything. So, it’s located at platform.brainforge.ai, and you’ll log in with your Gmail, on your dashboard.
159 00:21:10.210 ⇒ 00:21:17.539 Kaela Gallagher: You can see all of your recent calls. It’ll rank them for you, it’ll give you a score.
160 00:21:17.620 ⇒ 00:21:24.629 Kaela Gallagher: And then, once you go into the call… oh, I got a bad score on this one. Oops.
161 00:21:24.650 ⇒ 00:21:47.460 Kaela Gallagher: You can ask it for a copy of the transcript, it can produce an email summary for you, a Slack summary, you can ask this chat on the side questions about it, you can scroll through and see action items from the meeting, you can see the recording, so, like, super helpful. Any calls that you have through Zoom, unless you press the, like, stop button.
162 00:21:47.560 ⇒ 00:21:51.339 Kaela Gallagher: Recording button at the top will be stored here for you.
163 00:21:51.900 ⇒ 00:22:08.769 Kaela Gallagher: You can sort them by client as well, and, like, Jaden, if you’re creating content, maybe you’ll need to access, like, some of Robert and Utom’s calls, and kind of see what they’ve been talking about, and then write… write from their voice, from… from the calls. So, this is a super helpful…
164 00:22:08.920 ⇒ 00:22:17.339 Kaela Gallagher: area, there’s always new features being added to the side, but another one that I would call out is the Learning Hub.
165 00:22:17.340 ⇒ 00:22:32.179 Kaela Gallagher: When you click into this, you’re gonna see the Quick Start Guide. This will be super important in helping you get all your AI tools set up. Then once you’re operating for a little bit, you can do this accelerator course. It’ll teach you more advanced portions as well.
166 00:22:36.500 ⇒ 00:22:37.490 Kaela Gallagher: Okay.
167 00:22:37.850 ⇒ 00:22:40.300 Kaela Gallagher: Any questions about the platform?
168 00:22:42.060 ⇒ 00:22:44.089 Davis Dunham: I have a quick question about linear.
169 00:22:44.250 ⇒ 00:22:45.040 Kaela Gallagher: Yes.
170 00:22:45.040 ⇒ 00:22:55.749 Davis Dunham: I just want to make sure that I’m not, like, clogging up the linear by, like, what’s the scope of, or the size of, like, individual issues that I’m adding to the linear.
171 00:22:58.150 ⇒ 00:23:04.520 Kaela Gallagher: I mean, if… are you talking about just, like, adding an issue for yourself to solve? Like, how I do this ticket?
172 00:23:04.520 ⇒ 00:23:05.540 Davis Dunham: Yeah, just using the correct mind.
173 00:23:05.540 ⇒ 00:23:19.870 Kaela Gallagher: kind of up to you. I don’t think there’s anything, like, too small. I think in an ideal world, we would be using linear as our own, like, personal to-do lists, and everything we do would be there.
174 00:23:19.960 ⇒ 00:23:32.849 Kaela Gallagher: I know I personally am not operating at that level yet, but, some people on the team are doing a great job of that. Like, everything they do is tracked in linear, and you just have really key things to, like.
175 00:23:33.460 ⇒ 00:23:40.000 Kaela Gallagher: show for your work, I feel like. At the end of a week or at the end of the month, you can be like, look at all these things I accomplished. So…
176 00:23:40.000 ⇒ 00:23:40.630 Davis Dunham: Agreed.
177 00:23:40.800 ⇒ 00:23:44.180 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, if you’re putting them in there, you’re assigning them to yourself.
178 00:23:44.880 ⇒ 00:23:45.720 Kaela Gallagher: bike.
179 00:23:45.890 ⇒ 00:23:46.670 Davis Dunham: No holds barred.
180 00:23:46.760 ⇒ 00:23:48.210 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah.
181 00:23:48.560 ⇒ 00:23:49.360 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
182 00:23:50.150 ⇒ 00:24:08.920 Kaela Gallagher: Alright, awesome. And then, if you guys, need, like, an upgrade to Zoom, if you’re spending a lot of time on calls with people, I think the version that’s hooked up to all of our accounts right now is only, like, 40 minutes, so if you guys need an upgrade on that, you can use the linear asks function in Slack.
183 00:24:09.240 ⇒ 00:24:13.710 Kaela Gallagher: the tool request section, to request an upgrade on your Zoom account.
184 00:24:16.290 ⇒ 00:24:17.070 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
185 00:24:17.230 ⇒ 00:24:24.929 Kaela Gallagher: All right, again, like, the new hire channel, super, useful if you guys have any questions as you’re getting set up on all these tools.
186 00:24:26.610 ⇒ 00:24:49.969 Kaela Gallagher: And then Friday team meetings, I know you… some of you guys have already been able to join, but, the way that we structure these, everybody joins camera on, they’re bi-weekly on Fridays, and, we have a different host every time that, like, does an icebreaker and what we call lab share, so keeps it exciting. And yeah, you can go into the platform and watch, like.
187 00:24:50.050 ⇒ 00:25:02.759 Kaela Gallagher: recent, all-hands meetings, if you’re curious about how they go, but, pretty fun. I would come prepared with, like, a shout-out or a kudos to give somebody every time we have it. It makes it fun at the end.
188 00:25:05.300 ⇒ 00:25:18.069 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, cool. And then, just in terms of, like, getting ramped up, Davis, I’m gonna be building you a ramp-up plan soon, so you have a very clear, like, 30, 60, 90, what success looks like.
189 00:25:18.070 ⇒ 00:25:34.860 Kaela Gallagher: Jaden, there’s already one in your inbox, and then Mickey, we can discuss if we need one for you, but those will be great, like, kind of guides to follow. We try to build them so that if you’re completing all the steps on time, then you’re succeeding.
190 00:25:35.240 ⇒ 00:25:44.800 Kaela Gallagher: We also have the onboarding guide in Notion, so that one’s less personalized to you, but runs through, like, all the things that you should be…
191 00:25:44.800 ⇒ 00:25:57.840 Kaela Gallagher: doing as you’re ramping up. So, I’ll send that, again, to our new hire channel after this, just so you guys have that as well. It just helps ensure that you guys have all of your tools set up, and you’re meeting with the right people.
192 00:25:58.130 ⇒ 00:26:07.929 Kaela Gallagher: But I would say, yeah, if you guys haven’t already sent a message to our BrainForge team channel introducing yourself, that would be a good thing to do today.
193 00:26:08.720 ⇒ 00:26:09.580 Kaela Gallagher: Cool.
194 00:26:09.960 ⇒ 00:26:17.009 Kaela Gallagher: I won’t go through these a ton, because these will all be on your ramp-up guide, and…
195 00:26:17.120 ⇒ 00:26:29.259 Kaela Gallagher: onboarding guide. But yeah, if you guys have any feedback at any time, let me know. I’ve only been here for a couple months, so always open to changing these processes.
196 00:26:29.500 ⇒ 00:26:32.550 Kaela Gallagher: And yeah, any other questions I can help answer?
197 00:26:33.960 ⇒ 00:26:35.090 Michele Altomare: Very smooth.
198 00:26:35.350 ⇒ 00:26:36.520 Davis Dunham: Yeah, I’m feeling good.
199 00:26:36.740 ⇒ 00:26:37.090 Jadyn Mardy: Yeah.
200 00:26:37.090 ⇒ 00:26:37.820 Kaela Gallagher: Excellent.
201 00:26:37.960 ⇒ 00:26:48.569 Kaela Gallagher: Okay, awesome. You guys will hear a ton from me as you’re getting ramped up. I usually do, like, one-week and one-month check-ins at minimum. Just want to make sure you guys are all
202 00:26:48.760 ⇒ 00:26:50.799 Kaela Gallagher: Set up for success, so…
203 00:26:51.250 ⇒ 00:26:56.640 Kaela Gallagher: Yeah, let me know if you guys need anything, but welcome to Brainforge, we’re excited to have you guys.
204 00:26:57.530 ⇒ 00:26:58.390 Davis Dunham: Thank you, excited to be here.
205 00:26:58.820 ⇒ 00:26:59.590 Michele Altomare: Thanks, Kayla.
206 00:27:00.470 ⇒ 00:27:01.220 Kaela Gallagher: Awesome!
207 00:27:01.460 ⇒ 00:27:04.889 Kaela Gallagher: Well, I will talk to you guys soon, but thanks so much for your time.
208 00:27:05.430 ⇒ 00:27:06.250 Jadyn Mardy: I’m serious.
209 00:27:07.150 ⇒ 00:27:08.350 Michele Altomare: Good to meet you, Davis.
210 00:27:08.350 ⇒ 00:27:08.860 Jadyn Mardy: I’m like…
211 00:27:08.860 ⇒ 00:27:10.270 Davis Dunham: Good to meet you again. Good to meet you, Jay.
212 00:27:10.270 ⇒ 00:27:10.920 Michele Altomare: you know.
213 00:27:11.090 ⇒ 00:27:11.870 Kaela Gallagher: Bye.