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It depends on your context. I've worked places that onboard new team members every few years, and I've worked places that onboard new team members every few weeks.

On larger teams, setting up a consistent environment like that also makes it easier for developers to collaborate. I've had experiences where attempts to pair program or share utility scripts generally stumbles and fails due to everyone's environment being a special snowflake.



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