Category: Update

Reflection: The second half of my sixth year at GitLab and learning Strategy & Operations

Hard to believe it’s been 6 years, and I certainly didn’t imagine working outside of Product and Engineering at any point until it happened. Check out the last reflection post if you’re wondering what happened in the first half of the sixth year, namely how I wrapped up my work in Support, and moved to the Chief of Staff to CEO Team, now called the Office of the CEO (OCEO). Continue reading “Reflection: The second half of my sixth year at GitLab and learning Strategy & Operations”

Reflection: The first half of my sixth year at GitLab: helping other (Support Engineers) and leaving Support

It’s a bit mind boggling to me that I’m talking about my sixth year at GitLab. It’s not quite been half (5 months), but as I’m internally transferring out of Support, I thought this was a good place to break up “the year”.

First time readers may want to check out my previous reflection posts. Continue reading “Reflection: The first half of my sixth year at GitLab: helping other (Support Engineers) and leaving Support”

Reflection: The last third of my fifth year at GitLab and expanding Staff Support Engineer

Normally, my blog post would have been up sooner, but I was on a break for a couple of weeks when my work anniversary came around.

This year’s blog posts were also broken up into smaller parts, so this one only covers February 2023 to mid-June 2023.

If you haven’t read them already, you may want to take a look at my first fifth year reflection post and my reflection on being the Acting Chief of Staff to CTO for our fourth quarter to get a sense of what I’ve been doing so far in my fifth year. If you’re a first time reader, you may want to read one or more of my previous reflections posts for more context. Continue reading “Reflection: The last third of my fifth year at GitLab and expanding Staff Support Engineer”

Reflection: Acting Chief of Staff to CTO at GitLab

For our company’s fourth quarter (Q4, November 2022 to January 2023), I was the Acting Chief of Staff to CTO. In February, I’m getting back into my regular role as a Staff Support Engineer, while also spending a little bit of time transitioning anything left and ensuring any “loose threads” are tied up. Since there’s quite a bit to write about, and the role is so different from my regular role, I thought it deserved its own post. Continue reading “Reflection: Acting Chief of Staff to CTO at GitLab”