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A
Welcome
to
ceo
101,
where
new
team
members
at
gitlab
get
the
chance
to
ask
questions
about
their
values.
About
me
about
anything
alex
thanks
for
putting
in
the
first
question,
do
you
want
to
verbalize
it.
B
Yes,
I
can
hello
everyone,
I'm
alex
frank
here,
so
I
guess
the
first
question
to
kind
of
kick
things
off
is
what
is
the
one
thing
you
would
change
about?
The
company.
C
A
Who
it's
always
some
something
else?
I
I
think
something
that
we
struggle
with
for
a
long
time,
and
that's
also
top
of
mind
today
is
making
sure
our
sas
service
is
as
good
as
our
self-managed
service
and
last
two
weeks
we
had
a
bit
of
downtime.
A
It's
super
top
of
mind,
we're
having
daily
meetings
about
it
right
now
to
try
to
see
what
we
can
improve
and,
what's
really
hard
is
to
have
one
company
that
is
great
both
at
self-managed
software
and
sas.
Software
is
very
rare,
and
we
want
to
be
that
company.
A
We
started
off
with
self-managed,
so
we're
already
good
there,
and
now
we
gotta
make
sure
that
the
same
goes
for
com,
and
one
thing
we're
working
on
kind
of
even
today,
we
worked
on
today,
is
to
have
error
budgets
so
that
you
as
a
as
a
group
you're
not
just
responsible
as
a
development
group,
you're
not
just
responsible
for
delivering
features,
but
also
for
the
reliability
of
those
features.
If
they
affect
production.
C
Yeah
sure
hey
sid
nice,
to
meet
you,
I'm
devon,
rogozinski.
I
joined
a
few
weeks
ago
as
our
senior
director
of
talent,
brand
and
ta
enablement
sort
of
a
related
question
to
the
first
one,
but
maybe
taking
the
approach
more
of
like
the
company
organization
side
of
things,
I'm
curious.
What
are
the
top
one
or
two
things
that
you
think
we
have
to
get
better
at
as
a
company
over
the
next
couple
years,
when
we
think
about
hiring
and
growing
our
organization.
A
Cool
yeah,
the
our
north
star,
is
a
net
ar
like
growing
ar.
So
that's
what
I
want
to
see
improving.
Most
of
all.
A
If
you
talk
about
hiring,
I
think
we've
we've
shown
we
can
hire
really
fast
and
we've
shown
we
can
hire
really
diverse
and
we've
shown
we
can
hire
really
predictable
but
all
at
different
times,
and
so
the
tough
part
there
is
to
do
all
three
hire.
A
lot
of
people
make
sure
it's
predictable,
like
you
hire
exactly
the
number
of
sales
people
that
you
thought
you
would
and
make
sure
that
we
have
a
very
diverse
type
of
funnel
to
start
with.
B
A
Yeah
thanks
for
that,
so
the
goal
is
to
grow
net
arr,
so
the
teams
that
will
grow
fastest
are
the
ones
that
kind
of
scale
almost
linearly
with
ar,
so
that,
if
I
think
about
the
fastest
growth,
that
should
be
sales,
because,
although
kind
of
as
companies
mature
kind
of
quotas
per
sales
people
increase,
I
think
that's
so
so.
Basically,
nothing
grows
linearly.
But
what
has
like
the
closest
to
linear
growth?
That's
probably
sales
people,
because
those
quotas
tend
to
grow
a
bit,
but
not
a
lot.
I
think
so
far.
A
We've
seen
that,
for
example,
in
support,
we
get
more
much
more
efficient
over
time,
because
support
is
like
has
links
in
like
90
of
what
they
send
out,
so
that
people
can
help
themselves
so
they're
doing
absolutely
amazing.
There
also
be
growing
engineering
like
it's,
it's
a
huge
department
and
we
can
invest
more
in
r
d,
but
as
companies
mature,
you
see
that
the
absolute
spend
on
r
d
keeps
increasing,
but
the
relative
spend
gradually
reduces
a
bit.
A
So
I
think
that's
my
answer
and
kudos
for
anyone
who
makes
a
suggestion
of
something
that
grows
linearly
or
super
linearly.
I'm
not
aware
of
any
sarah.
D
A
I
think
me
and
my
wife
recently
celebrated
our
20th
getting
together
anniversary.
I
was
recently,
but
it
was
almost
a
year
ago,
but
super
fun
and
I
finally
made
her
a
song
or
I
worked
with
a
producer
to
make
a
song,
and
it
was
something
I
thought
about
for
a
long
time
and
glad
I
finally
did
it
professionally
it
kind
of
with
gitlab
it
kind
of
keeps
keeps
getting
better
right.
We
keep
achieving
more.
A
I
also
think
that
if
I
look
at
my
career
and
then
my
investments
that
I'm
doing
now,
I'm
always
very
proud.
If
there
was
something
kind
of,
I
was
non-consensus
and
right.
So
almost
all
of
my
investments,
whether
it's
gitlab
or
building
submarines
or
companies,
I'm
investing
in
now
are
non-consensus.
It's
like
not
a
lot
of
other
people
doing
it,
but
then,
of
course,
you
want
to
be
non-consensus
and
right,
which
is
not
a
given.
A
E
A
E
A
F
A
A
Yep,
those
are
those
are
very
interesting.
These
are
very
small
and
slow,
they're,
a
couple
of
people
and
they
move
relatively
slow
on
electricity
and
they're
they're
recreational.
It's
just
for
looking
out
the
window.
G
Hey
nice
to
meet
you
sid
and
I've
just
had
a
look
at
the
website
for
u-boat
looks
absolutely
brilliant,
so
I
use
running
as
a
way
to
decompress
and
find
balance.
It's
also
the
place
where
I
go
to
have
my
best
work
ideas.
So
what's
your
method
of
relaxation
and
where
do
you
go
to
have
those
ah-ha
moments
to
keep
you
fresh
and
keep
you
moving
forward.
A
A
In
the
morning
in
the
shower
is
a
good
spot.
I
think
when
I
sport,
I
either
go
with
a
trainer
or
I
watch
youtube
at
double
speed.
So
I'm
not
sure
I
have
like
the
ability
to
think
at
that
point.
A
I
do
like
to
kind
of
have
dinner
with
interesting
people.
So
yesterday
I
went
with
mark
lutter
and
skye
from
the
charter
cities
institute.
We
had
dinner
a
drink
and
talked
about
new
cities
and,
what's
holding
them
back,
how
we
can
grow
them
faster,
and
that
was
like
super
interesting
and
that's
a
lot
of
inspiration.
G
A
I
think
that
moment
is
still
still
ahead
of
us.
Okay,
I
made
the
argument
that
gitlab
is
still
a
startup,
because
we
make
decisions
fast
here
and
we're
able
to
change
quickly.
H
Kennedy
mckernan,
I
started
last
week
on
the
sales
finance
team
and
to
go
along
with
kind
of
a
financial
question:
sorry
about
that
when
you're
talking
to
investors
or
the
street,
what
are
the
top
questions
that
they're
asking.
A
So
I
think
I'll
give
first
the
answer
in
general.
What
do
investors
look
at
and
so
in
our
business?
It's
like
how
much
arr
do
you
have?
How
fast
are
you
growing?
What
is
your
net
retention
and
what
is
your
growth
rate?
I
think
all
of
these
are
pretty
obvious,
except
for
net
retention
like.
Why
do
they
care
about
that?
It's
an
indication
of
how
good
the
product
is.
So
if
your
existing
customers
like
spend
more
with
you,
apparently
they
really
like
the
product.
A
If
you
have
high
growth
but
low
net
retention,
maybe
you're
really
good
at
marketing
that
the
product
isn't
that
good
and
eventually
that's
going
to
catch
up
with
you
now.
Gitlab
has
really
great
net
retention
numbers.
So
that's
awesome
and
I
think
if
they
dig
in
more,
they
start
asking
about.
Okay.
A
Why
gitlab
versus
github,
for
example,
is
a
common
one
and
I
think
that
what's
important
to
to
kind
of
stress
is
gitlab
is
the
devops
platform
we're
not
source
control,
we're
not
source
control
ci?
We
do
the
whole
stack
and
I
think
we're
way
ahead
on
that
and
I
think
that's
what's
gonna
win
where
most
customers
are
still
like,
practicing
diy
devops,
where
they
have
a
whole
bunch
of
point
solutions
that
they
integrate
themselves.
I
A
J
A
Yeah,
I
think
it's
important,
I'm
not
sure
it's
it's
it.
It's
orthogonal
to
like
orthogonal
to
our
values
or
not.
It
seems
almost
like.
A
A
I
think
I
I
are
you
are
you.
Do
you
mean
environmental
sustainability
or
some
other
type
of
sustainability?.
J
I'm
just
not
only
just
environmental
sustainability
but
sustainable
business
practices,
making
sure
that
you
know
you
also
maintain
people
within
the
organization
that
you
know
that
there's
not
so
much
turn
around
and
that
that
product
is
continually
growing
growing
at
a
sustainable
rate.
E
A
I
think
turnover
can
be
a
good
indicator
that
you're
not
a
very
good
employer,
so
we
keep
a
close
eye
on
turnover.
We've
seen
it.
Many
companies
are
now
seeing
it
spike
after
the
epidemic,
it's
already
starting
to
go
back
down
in
this
month,
but
that
was
a
bit
worrying
and
we
dug
into
that.
I
think
the
people
key
review
or
the
people
dc
is
a
good
way
to
see
that
conversation
and
that
happened
and
then
regarding
environmental
sustainability.
A
K
Hi
sid
matthew,
rourke
joined
sales
system
team
under
jack
brennan
and
david
hong
on
the
sixth
I'm.
I
always
keep
trends
on
the
the
industry.
So
I
noticed
yesterday
a
guest
opinion.
Essay
in
the
new
york
times
was
titled
we're
kidding
ourselves
that
workers
perform
well
from
home.
K
The
article
itself
goes
into
the
challenges
that
a
particular
law
firm
had
with
the
remote
only
experience,
but
given
the
success
that
we've
had
in
the
company
and
as
a
role
model
for
the
remote
only
culture
would
you
or
another
member
of
our
senior
team
consider
essentially
doing
a
reply
piece
to
the
times
to
say:
look,
you
know
this
may
be
true
for
them,
but
and
really
expressing
our
values
and
our
benefits
and
again
promoting
our
culture
across
the
industry.
A
Yeah
certainly
consider
it.
I
will
post
this
in
the
remote
channel
and
then
feel
free
to
add
mention
me
and
darren
mirth,
and
I
I
think,
due
to
the
pandemic,
some
people
confuse
all
remote
with
working
from
home
while
most
of
our
people
work
from
home.
That's
not
a
given,
and
I
think
people
should
have
the
freedom
to
not
work
from
home,
and
that
doesn't
mean
you
can't
be
a
remote
company.
A
You
can
just
get
an
office
for
the
people
who,
like
that,
but
get
an
office
super
close
to
home
instead
of
having
to
make
a
long
commute.
L
Hi
sid,
first
off.
Congratulations
on
your
20
years
with
your
wife
that
was
so
sweet
that
you
made
a
song
for
her.
I
just
joined
git
lab
last
week
as
a
senior
channel
solutions
manager
under
the
professional
services
organization
and
the
first
thing
off
the
bat
that
I've
loved
about
gitlab
is
how
well
you
take
care
of
not
only
your
like
the
employees,
but
also
your
customers
and
partners,
and
that
sense
of
contribute
is
applicable
to
every
aspect
of
gitlab.
L
And
I
guess
I
wanted
to
take
it
a
step
further,
because
I'm
still
learning
and
figuring
out
things.
But
in
my
research
I
didn't
wasn't
able
to
pinpoint
like
what
are
the
some
ways
that
you
personally
or
git
lab,
contributes
to
like
social
impact
work.
What
is
the
the
community
service
aspect
that
we
do
or
the
volunteer
work
that
we
can
drive
to?
Even
if
it's
done
remotely.
A
Yeah
thanks
for
that,
I
think
me
personally.
Do
it
in
a
few
ways.
I
try
to
like
invest
in
startups
that
I'm
excited
about,
and
most
of
them
have
a
bigger
mission,
and
I'm
super
proud
of
my
biggest
investment
and.
A
That's
it's
kind
of
a
significant
part
of
my
liquidity
has
gone
into
a
startup
called
sashki
I'll
spell
that
in
the
chat
who
are
making
an
anti-cancer
drug
and
then,
as
far
as
charitable
donations
go
a
couple
of
million
has
gone
to
the
charter
cities
institute
that
I
just
mentioned,
but
also,
for
example,
things
around
kind
of
foods
that
are
less
harsh
on
animals
in
the
environments
and
things
like
that
and
as
for
the
company,
I
think
our
biggest
contribution
is
making
sure
that
gitlab
stays
a
true
open
source
project
as
an
open
core
project.
A
You
try
to
create
more
value
than
that.
You
capture,
and
I
think,
staying
true
to
our
stewardship
values
is
super
important
there.
That
means
sometimes
leaving
money
on
the
table
and
I
think
opencourse
brought
us
a
lot
and
we
should
continue
that.
So
that's
I
think
the
most
important
thing
we
do
at
gitlab
regarding
kind
of
more
social
impacts.
I
think
we
should
align.
If,
if
people
are
volunteering
themselves,
I
think
we're
looking
at.
Can
we
allocate
time
to
that?
A
Can
we
allocate
money
to
that
where
you
get
the
ability
to
donate
according
to
how
many
hours
you
invested
that
the
problem
of
those
programs
tends
to
be
low
uptake,
so
we've
considered
a
few
times,
but
experiences
that
past
companies
have
finished
that
there's
little
demand
for
it.
There's
people
ask
for
them
they're
vocal
about
it.
Then
the
actual
time
doesn't
get
invested.
A
So
yeah
be
great
to
see,
but
I
think
over
time,
we'll
we'll
get
there
and
then
I
I
think
we
social
input
we
impact
we
should
align
with
our
with
our
bigger
brand,
which
is
we
elevate
people
through
access
to
knowledge,
to
jobs
and
through
a
devops
platform.
So
anything
that
is
access
to
jobs
and
knowledge
super
important,
I
think,
like
open
sourcing.
Our
handbook,
for
example,
is
a
great
social
impact
we
have-
and
it's
maybe
not
hard
to
quantify
but
like
a
lot
of
new
companies
are
benefiting
from
that.
L
No,
I
mean
it's
invaluable,
like
my
husband's
companies
like
every
single
one
he's
worked
with,
have
used
git
lab
and
it's
helped
them
grow
and
succeed
tremendously.
So
I
understand
that
completely
and
I
think
it's
amazing
the
work
that
you
are
doing
with
shasky
and
just
in
gitlab
in
general,
and
if
there
is
a
way
that
I
could
I
I
love
doing,
volunteer
work.
L
So
I'm
happy
to
like
help
set
up
anything
even
just
do
remote
hours
of
working
like
with
rescue.org,
which
does
like
welcome
videos
for
refugees
that
are
coming
to
new
nations
that
are
escaping
whatever
disparities
they
have
and
there's
just
a
lot
of
stuff
that
I'm
passionate
about.
So,
if
anyone's
ever
interested,
I'm
happy
to
help
organize
and
set
that
up.
A
Cool
thanks
for
that,
and
the
last
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
access
to
kind
of
knowledge
and
jobs.
We
work
in
an
industry,
that's
very
highly
paid,
so
when
we
can
get
more
people
into
the
industry,
especially
from
low
income
backgrounds,
that
is
super
interesting.
So
that's
something
I'm
personally
passionate
about,
and
hopefully
you'll
see
a
bit
from
gitlab
on
that
font
as
well.
M
Yeah
hi
sids,
my
name's
warren
searle.
I
joined
as
a
strategic
account
leader
in
the
uk
two
weeks
ago.
Now
my
question
is:
if
you
could
acquire
any
company
right
now
in
order
to
complement
and
augment
what
we
do
at
gitlab,
what
type
of
company
would
it
be
and
why.
N
Hi
sid,
it's
so
nice
to
meet
you.
I
joined
the
emea
team
as
an
accounting
executive
and
during
the
training.
The
question,
in
my
mind,
came
up.
You
know.
Gitlab
is
such
an
open
like
a
transparent
company,
open
source,
etc.
So
I
wonder
what
you
do
in
order
for
you
know
to
stay
ahead
of
the
competitors
to
for
them
to
not
copy
you,
because
it
obviously
has
happened.
If
you
look
at,
I
don't
know,
github
and
probably
microsoft,
parts
of
it
as
well
so
yeah.
A
Yeah
we've
we've
never
called
out
any
company
for
for
doing
that.
So
I
don't
want
to
start.
Life
is
too
too
short
for
stuff,
like
that,
and
I
think,
what's
great
in
the
software
industry,
that
people
can
take
inspiration.
We've
certainly
taken
inspiration
from
github
in
our
early
years
and-
and
I
think
recently,
it's
more
mutual.
A
I
think
that's
great:
it
benefits
benefits
the
end
user.
I
think
kind
of
in
the
end,
you'll
have
to
present
the
product
to
customers
anyway,
so
like
then,
your
competition
can
learn
about
it.
So
the
only
thing
you
could
hide
is
like
your
roadmap
and
while
you're
working
on
it,
but
then
we
couldn't
have
all
these
people
working
with
us
to
do
it.
So
I
think
there's
a
bit
of
downsides,
but
the
downsides
are
relatively
small
and
at
the
bottom
of
our
strategy
page,
it
has
a
quote
from
peter
drucker
strategy
is
a
commodity.
A
N
A
Thank
you
too
great
question.
It's
25
minutes
so
feel
free
to
drop
if
people
are
still
on
the
call.
Let's
try
a
few
more
andrew.
F
Hi,
if
your
conrad
is
a
ford
engineer,
I
started
a
couple
weeks
ago
and
I
was
curious.
It's
been
expressed
that
gate
lab
is
ahead
of
the
curve
as
far
as
like
general
culture,
including
our
values
and
remote
work,
is
there
an
area
in
that
that
you
think
we
should
expand
on
in
order
to
stay
ahead
of
this
curve.
A
I
think
there's
tons
of
them.
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
practices
that
are
super
interesting
and
that
other
people
can
benefit
from
and
since
you're
working
in
support.
Personally,
I'm
going
to
try
to
get
the
support
team
to
100
of
the
replies
include
a
link
to
like
an
issue
or
merge
requests
or
handbook,
and
I
think
that
will
help
us
make
a
case
that
we're
only
the
highest
rated
support
in
probably
well.
We
have
super
highly
rated
support,
I'm
not
sure
the
highest,
but
also
very
effective,
just
to
name
one
example.
A
I
Hi
be
having
some
background
in
higher
education,
I
was
wondering
whether
we
are
doing
or
were
considering
partnering
with
educational
institutions,
because
there's
a
big
void
in
the
sense
that
devops
and
like
in
the
old
days.
It
was
the
system
administration.
Nowadays,
it's
more
of
a
devops
ideas
and
the
background
is
not
being
really
taught
at
any
institutions
and
whether
we
were
considering
partnering
with
educational
institution
to
bring
that
in
including
our
tools
to
expose
people
to
the
actual
tool
set
that
is
coming
along
with
that.
A
Cool,
I
think,
that's
a
very
worthwhile
idea.
We
don't
have
any
plans
in
that
direction.
Right
now
we
do
have
a
gitlab
for
education
program.
I
I
should
mention,
but
that's
more
catering
to
like
giving
licenses
and
maybe
a
bit
of
training,
but
not
really
partnering
on
the
education.
I
think
that's
that
makes
a
ton
of
sense
to
do
that.
O
I
said
rebecca
here.
My
question
is:
given
the
ceo
flights
to
space,
do
you
have
any
travel
plans.