Someone on r/devops just asked whether to take an AWS Cloud Support Engineer role for 18 months — trading hands-on building for "AWS internals exposure and the brand on the CV." Both replies told them not to. They're right, but for older reasons than they realize.
Having built teams for over two decades, I've watched onboarding evolve from handwritten manuals to polished video libraries. But as AI reshapes how we work, it's time to ask some hard questions about our current approaches.
Are Onboarding Videos Still Worth It?
The honest answer is
