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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”

2022 Blog Year in review

Another year, another look at blog stats. So I say, but earlier this year, I did a summary from 2016-2021 since WordPress stopped generating them, and I totally forgot about it. In any case, here’s the 2022 in review. Continue reading “2022 Blog Year in review”

Reflection: First third of my fifth year at GitLab and defining Staff Support Engineer

Normally, I wait until at least the half-year mark to do a reflection post, but this year for the 4th quarter, I am doing a rotation for the Acting Chief of Staff to CTO role, which deserves its own post. So, I’m doing the first reflection post now to cover mid-June 2022 to the end of October 2022.

If you’re a first time reader, you may want to read one or more of my previous reflections posts. Continue reading “Reflection: First third of my fifth year at GitLab and defining Staff Support Engineer”

Reflection: Second half of my fourth year at GitLab and becoming Staff

Fourth anniversary! When I started at GitLab, I was wondering if I’d be here for 2 years, let alone 4 and counting. If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend reading the reflection on the first half of my fourth year though it’s not necessary to know what I’ve been up to during the last 6 months specifically, which is covered here. Continue reading “Reflection: Second half of my fourth year at GitLab and becoming Staff”