Abstract
New developers exhibit working patterns that are different from existing and experienced software developers. Understanding such patterns may help in determining the actual level of introduction developers have within a company. Moreover, browsing the internet has achieved a pivotal role, as browsing people collect valuable information about working issues and, indeed, developers spend a significant amount of effort browsing. Models have been proposed and validated for the introduction of novices in companies. This paper analyses one of the most promising of these models, the one proposed by (Fronza et al., 2009), and validates it against the patterns of usage of browsing. It appears that the patters of use of the browser confirm the proposed model and that at the end of the observation period, when according to the model, the new developers should have been fully introduced into the working patterns of the company, there is a substantial congruence between the working patterns of the new developers and of the existing developers.