Posted September 24, 2025 by codemaestro
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The real cost of onboarding a new Unity dev isn’t their salary. It’s the 50+ interruptions they trigger in the first week — every “where’s this class?” or “which scene is it in?” pulling seniors out of focus and slowing the sprint.
Your new dev joins on Monday. By Tuesday, you hope they’re productive.
But in reality? Two weeks disappear into wandering through scripts, asking for explanations, context-switching, and broken momentum. The whole team feels it.
We tried something different. Instead of leaning on a lead to answer every question, we let Code Maestro handle it. The new hire just asked: “Where’s the player progress system?” And instantly saw the relevant classes, dependencies, and scenes — all mapped.
Day one was orientation. Day two — actual commits. It felt weirdly simple.
And here’s the kicker: those “invisible” onboarding costs add up fast. For a studio, it’s not just annoyance — it’s weeks of senior time lost, worth anywhere from a few thousand dollars in small teams to $150K+ annually in large ones.
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