Reflection: The end of 8 years at GitLab

I was going to write and publish this post earlier, but the last couple of weeks have been trying to enjoy (the rest of) my vacation and submitting job applications.

It’s also been a bit weird. I’ve never worked anywhere else longer than 2 years (mostly because of the jobs being contracts), so it’s sad to be let go after 8 years as part of the 14% when I was (so I was told by a previous manager) part of the top 10% of performers. I’ve been such a big advocate of the company for so long, and really enjoyed the work, and the people I worked with. They will be missed. Continue reading “Reflection: The end of 8 years at GitLab”

Reflection: My eighth year at GitLab and working on Product Operations reporting to the Chief of Staff to CPMO

It’s about 2 months early for my 8 year work anniversary reflection. However, my work situation has changed, and it feels like the right time to be reflecting on the past (almost a) year.

It’s interesting that 8 years sounds like a long time, but since I’ve changed divisions a couple of times, it also doesn’t feel super long. Definitely hard to believe it’s been ~2.5 years since I left Support, but I still have coffee chats with all the new team members! (And I’m still waiting for that t-shirt.)

Also intriguing, there are still 65 at the company that started before me, so almost one quarter of the people from when I started. That’s quite good after 8 years.

If you want to know what happened in previous years, take a look at the other reflection posts. Continue reading “Reflection: My eighth year at GitLab and working on Product Operations reporting to the Chief of Staff to CPMO”

Yet another resume (cv) writing guide

Many years ago, I wrote a tips on job applications post, because I had been seeing a lot of poorly formatted and written applications. While good formatting and tailoring to job postings are important, the content is obviously important as well. Again, there is so much literature out there, but what I’ve seen recently has spurred me to write this post to discuss what I find most important and the tips I give others. Continue reading “Yet another resume (cv) writing guide”

2025 Blog Year in Review + Brief Update

I’m a few days late with this post. Things have been busy with visiting family for the holidays, and we’ve been dealing with various house things since we moved. Of course, those are just excuses, since I’m managing to write this while I have a cold.

Some people may have noticed that I didn’t write a reflection post at the half-year mark. Since my position was made permanent, I’ve been working on more projects, some of which have been longer term. I just felt that there wasn’t enough for a standalone post, so I’ll write one in June.

In the meantime, here’s the blog year in review. Continue reading “2025 Blog Year in Review + Brief Update”