# Square From the Trenches, Month One

DevFeed: [Square From the Trenches, Month One](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/square-from-the-trenches-month-one-15872.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/square-from-the-trenches-month-one>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2014-01-21T17:05:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Objective-C](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/objective-c.md>), [C++](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/c-plus-plus.md>), [iOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ios.md>)

Tags: [c-plus-plus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-plus-plus.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experience.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [introduction](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/introduction.md>), [ios](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ios.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [objective-c](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/objective-c.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>)

## AI overview

Peter Mattis describes his first month as an engineer at Square, including the Square One orientation, development-environment setup, company culture, internal transparency, and the structure and technology scope of his team.

## Source excerpt

A new engineer's first month experience.