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Those seem like reasonable policies to aim for. What isn't immediately clear is whether they are missing because of a lack of understanding or a lack of willingness to change.

If it's the former and you've come into the small company with more experience than most people there, you might get a long way and become quite popular with your colleagues if you share the benefit of that experience intelligently. For example, with the agreement of the senior people, you could show everyone how to set up a good CI system or automated deployments, if that's something you know how to do and they don't. These kinds of things tend to have obvious benefits once they're up and running, but setting them up in the first place can be a barrier depending on what else you're using, how everything you've already got fits together, and of course the level of knowledge and awareness of the people working on it.

On the other hand, if everyone is well aware that they should be doing something and they know how to but just can't be bothered, that's a cultural problem that you're unlikely to be able to change as the newbie. Probably no-one else is either, unless they're doing it from the top down and have hiring and firing privileges to force the issue by bringing in more people who expect it and, if necessary, letting go anyone who stubbornly refuses to engage. If this is the environment you're in, unfortunately putting up with it or getting out are probably your only certain options.



This has been my experience as well.

If it's a skills problem, by all means set everything up and be the hero.

If it's a cultural problem, run.




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