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From YouTube: Chief of Staff Q&A with GitLab CEO
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A Q&A session with the GitLab CEO about the Chief of Staff position
https://about.gitlab.com/job-families/chief-executive-officer/Chief-of-staff/
A
B
B
I'm
I
have
more
and
more
tasks
that
I'm
not
able
to
attend
to,
and
mostly
it's
things
that
require
I
did
a
follow
up.
For
example,
today,
hey
I
want
to
do
a
total
addressable
market
calculation
and
I'm
missing
missing
some
data
and
I.
Just
don't
have
the
half
an
hour
to
go
through
that
and
there's
lots
of
those
type
of
things.
A
B
B
A
B
Not
firm,
if
it's,
if
it's
agir,
then
so,
be
it
if
it
ends
up
being
2
years.
That's
fine
to
you,
honest
at
the
expectation
of
a
rotation
because
there's
a
direct
at
work
involved.
So
some
of
the
work
is:
where
is
less
directive,
where
there's
a
lot
of
freedom
where
there's
a
more
abstract
assignment
and
and
there's
a
lot
of
kind
of.
B
You
also
have
this
directive
work,
we're
looking
for
someone
really
bright,
really
intelligent,
but
a
lot
of
potential
and
and
this
person
is
only
going
to
accept
that
directive
work
if
there's
something
that
compensates
that
which
is
learning
a
lot
on
the
job
that
I
think
as
you
are
here
longer
after
a
year
or
one
a
half
years,
that
learning
will
start
to
flatten
off
and
I
think
that's
a
great
time
to
move
on
to
a
leadership
role
at
your
lab
and
and
start
having
that
full
autonomy
again.
Yeah.
A
B
B
Today
we
talked
about
how
get
lab
could
be
a
great
employer
for
people
who's
who
spouses
work
in
the
military,
and
we
said
that
a
couple
of
times,
but
nobody
ever
did
anything
so
making
your
first
end
to
that
and
then
seeing
if
that's
up
we're
falling
for
to
pursue.
And
then,
if
that
first
initiative
is
a
success,
recruiting
team
can
probably
take
that
over.
But
we
need
to
start
somewhere
yeah.
B
So
we
have
the
ambition
to
become
a
public
company
November
18
2020,
not
necessarily
an
IPO,
might
also
be
direct
listing.
There's
a
lot
of
things
that
we
have
to
get
right
before
that
there's
a
lot
of
compliance
work.
We
have
people
for
that,
but
maybe
there's
something
to
do.
There's
a
lot
of
predictability
work.
We
have
people
working
or
that
maybe
there's
something
to
do.
There's
a
lot
of
explaining
what
the
company
does,
how
we
do
it
why?
This
is
an
interesting
opportunity.
B
A
Awesome
so
earlier
you
mentioned
the
this
position
after
the
rotational
period
would
transition
into
some
other
leadership
position
at
--get
lab,
which
is
the
intended
result.
What
positions
do
you
see
them
transitioning
to
one
of
the
suggestions
was
maybe
a
chief
operating
officer,
but
have
you
thought
about
that
at
all
yet
yeah.
B
I
get
lab
and
we
don't
have
and
don't
foresee,
to
have
a
chief
operating
officer
and
I
think
the
chief
of
staff
will
be
missing
the
functional
experience
in
order
to
have
like
an
executive
position,
but
it's
possible
that
that
there's
a
positive
that
the
person
gets
hired
afterwards
in
a
senior
leadership
position
so
reporting
to
one
of
our
executives.
Okay,.
A
B
A
B
It
would
be
the
same
vesting
schedule
so
suppose
suppose,
there's
no
senior
position
available
or
I
assume
there
will
be
senior
position
available.
I
think
the
biggest
risk
is
someone
not
taking
it,
but
anyway,
if
employment
ends
after
18
months,
they
would
have
vested
only
one
and
a
half
out
of
the
four
years
and
have
the
corresponding
Amada
stock.
Okay,.
A
B
Interesting
so
we
have
currently
have
the
CEO
shadow
program
and
there's
been
talked
to
have
a
shadow
program
also
/
function,
so
you
could
see
the
same
thing
with
a
chief
of
staff.
I
think
the
the
advantage
I
have
I
have
a
very
unique
position
where
I
have
many
different
functions
purporting
to
me.
So
the
CEO
position
is
the
only
position
where
that
happens
and
I
think.
Therefore,
it's
a
lot
of
fun
to
shadow
me
and
interesting
I
think.
A
So
get
lab
is
a
fully
distributed
workforce.
We
all
work
remotely,
however,
you're
generally
located
in
San
Francisco,
and
we
have
put
the
requirement
that
this
position
needs
to
be
based
out
of
San
Francisco
so
that
they
can
attend
in
person,
meetings
or
attend
meetings
on
your
behalf
for
people
who
don't
currently
live
in
San
Francisco
can
they
still
apply
and
if
they
get
the
location
or
get
the
position,
will
they
be
given
relocation,
assistance.
B
That's
a
good
question,
so
they
can
certainly
still
apply
if
they're
open
to
moving,
which
are
about
relocation.
Assistance.
I,
don't
think
we've
ever
done
that,
but
we
have
very
few
roles,
require
you
to
be
in
San
Francisco.
Basically,
the
CEO
position,
dispositions
are
the
only
ones
so
I
think
right.
Now
we're
not
anticipating
on
giving
relocation
assistance
a
vignette
that
Peter
to
answer
for
now.
Okay,.