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From YouTube: GitLab Heroes Spotlight - Rajendra Kadam
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GitLab Hero Rajendra Kadam chats with fellow GitLab Hero Marvin Karegyeya about GitLab's community and the Heroes program.
GitLab Heroes are members of the wider GitLab community who make outstanding contributions to GitLab and our community around the globe.
Learn more about the program here: https://about.gitlab.com/community/heroes/
A
B
Yeah
so
I'm
Rajendra
I
am
based
out
of
Mumbai
in
India.
I
had
tributing
to
get
laughs
for
past
couple
of
months
now,
but
it
I
have
been
contributing
very
seriously
with
some
significant
features
from
January
and
so
every
day
now
I
work
as
a
software
engineer
at
the
all
this
track.
It's
a
company
in
Mumbai
is
developing
testing
software
solutions.
B
B
My
first
intention
was
not
at
all
to
join
the
heroes
program,
as
in
I
was
not
focusing
on
joining
the
heroes
program.
Rather,
I
was
focusing
on
making
good
contributions
to
get
laughs
and,
as
as
my
contributions
were
increased
and
there's
no
significant
contributions.
The
heroes
program,
I,
would
say
it
followed,
like
I,
just
tweeted,
about
my
my
goal
of
dizzier
to
make
50
plus
contributions,
50,
plus
significant
ml
contributions,
and
that's.
B
About
John
tweeted
his
reply
on
my
tweet
that
he
would
like
me
to
nominate
myself
for
the
heroes
program
and
that's
how
about
I
got
to
know
about
Heroes
program.
It
was
like
yeah.
This
is
cool,
I
mean
I
can
join
in
and
encourage
more
few
developers
to
you
know,
contribute
to
get
laughs
and
learn
along
the
way.
So
yeah
it
was
not
like
I
did
not
decide
to
join
the
Heroes
program
and
then
I
would
start
contribution.
It's
like
it's
the
other
way
now
I
started
contributions.
A
B
A
B
My
working
Oz
during
the
day
I
spend
like
three
to
four
hours
from
8:00
p.m.
till
10:00
10:30
p.m.
every
day
before
going
to
bed
checking
some
reviews
Compton's
on
my
existing
Emma's
and
checking.
If
there
are
any
new
issues
that
need
my
attention
or
need
some
work
to
be
done,
which
you
know
might
not
get
prioritized
within
the
team
but
good
for
me
to
learn
and
yeah.
That's
what
heroes
program
and
actually
change
about
the
contributions
in
me
towards.
A
Yeah
I
think
that's
really
inspiring.
You
know
like
your
journey
towards
you
know
like
the
contribution
and
they
work
ethic
that
she
put
in
and
the
fact
that
you
are
willing.
You
know
like
to
push
this
even
after
work,
given
that
most
people
would
be.
You
know,
resting
at
that
time,
so
I
find
that
to
be
really
inspiring.
So
one
would
just
be
also
doing
like
the
next
couple
of
years
as
a
here.
B
You
know
one
thing
I'm
now,
as
I
said
initially
wasn't,
my
name
was
not
just
getting
into
bed
levels,
but
my
focus
was
on
contributions
and
get
you
know
followed
now.
The
next
step
is
growing
in
this
program
is
I
would
like
to
be
a
part
of
the
core
committee
core
team
members.
There
I'm
able
to
contribute
in
much
more
meaningful
way,
along
with
the
good
lab
team
engineering
team.
So
that's
what
I'm
aiming
for
next
and
essentially
I
would
just
keep
contributing
to
get
lab
some
more
complex
contributions.
B
So
that's
my
focus
for
being
in
the
program
now
and
helping
the
wider
community
members
during
hackathon
or
during
any
normal
day
when
I
come
back
on
my
laptop
to
contribute
to
get
laughs,
I
just
check
the
Gator
channel,
they
get
a
contributors
channel.
Is
there
anyone
someone
requiring
help
or
not
so
yeah?
That's
what
my
focus
is
now
because
you
know
I
just
feel
contributing
to
gridlock
is
not
just
about
you
know.
Yet
another
work
or
yet
another
open-source
software.
That
I
would
like
to
contribute
it's
it's
it's.
B
So
that's
why
I
don't
feel
you
just
mentioned
about
a
point
that
people
would
rest
after
work
and
would
not
do
anything,
but
that
is
what
something
that
can
be
motivated
to
contribute
every
day,
even
if
I'm,
tired
and
during
the
weekends
now
before
before
I.
This
column
is
just
going
through
the
existing
open
issues,
some
reviews
on
Maya,
Mars
and
and.
A
A
B
You
check
the
get
lab
values
of
collaboration
and
iteration
I
tend
to
follow
them
like
after
few,
a
mass
like
I
had
seven
or
eight
Emma's
in
the
pipeline,
and
then
I
just
went
from
the
handbook
for
reading
the
credit
values
with
length
values
and
using
collaboration
iteration.
The
bowl
of
my
50
plus
M
s
I
had
it
for
over
a
year,
but
I
just
happened
to
you
know
complete
it
within
two
months
of
2020.
So
by.
B
A
A
B
I
think
it's
the
code
that
get
lab
a
genius
have
been
written
over
the
years.
I
I
have
seen
many
other
open
source
projects
ice.
I
code
at
my
work,
but
it's
nothing
that
good
lab
has
so
much
more
valuable.
I
mean
the
for
directed
structure,
the
folder
structure,
architecture.
It's
it's!
It's
really
amazing
that
I
get
to
learn
a
lot
of
things
from
that.
I
have
been.
B
B
Followed
so
I
urge
the
team
to
follow
I
urge
the
team
to
read
better
aspects
and
that's
how
I
have
been
like
being
motivated,
because
you
know
it's
never
a
dull
moment,
not
even
a
single,
mr
was
a
waste
of
time.
I
would
say,
or
nothing
that
I
learned
from
a
single
amount.
Every
single
EMA
has
been
something
the
reviewers.
B
The
engineers,
at
wit,
lab,
have
been
very
helpful
in
all
the
reviews
of
my
math
and
have
been
you
know
not
just
pick
reviews,
but
something
meaningful
and
I
believe
I
must
have
missed
learning
them
previously
at
the
job
or
somewhere
else,
or
by
doing
my
some
projects
or
projects.
I
must
have
missed
them,
but
I
am
thankful
to
the
engineering
team
and
it
lab
that
they
taught
me
so
much.
You.
A
I
think
that's
one
of
the
most
inspiring
things
I
also
find
you
know
the
github
community,
so
yeah
I
find
it.
You
know
like
it's
really
friendly
and
people
are
so
willing
to
contribute
and
collaborate
on
different
aspects,
and
especially
if
you
like,
need
help
somewhere
so
like
considering
like
this
I
believe,
maybe
you
have
encountered
a
couple
of
like
challenges
along
the
way.
So
what
would
possibly
be
like
your
major
challenges
that
you
have
been
facing
as
a
contributor
or
part
of
like
the
hero
problem,
I?
Think.
B
They
have
been
doing
everything
in
the
power
to
keep
the
community
engaged,
keep
the
community
motivated
and
get
as
many
as
contributors
as
much
as
possible
on
board.
So
if
you
check
the
graph
that
Raymond
had
shed
in
a
couple
of
weeks,
like
I,
think
during
the
hackathon,
the
number
of
contributors
are
increasing
exponentially
over
the
period
so
which
means
that
David
and
women
must
be
doing
something
right
right.
So
yeah
I,
don't
think
that
is
I.
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
No,
my
focus
has
a
little
of
you
has
been
on
contributions,
improving
the
code,
adding
new
features.
I
am
sure
there
are
many
great
other
heroes
who
have
been
doing
the
meetups
and
like
the
one
that
you
are
doing
right
now,
interviewing
me
on
the
hero
spotlight,
so
I
think
we
have
good
number
of
people
in
the
Heroes
program
to
touch
every
aspect
of
the
club's
development
of
it
laughter,
yeah.
A
A
B
Inducting
as
a
guitar
hero,
I
think
I
thought.
Maybe
it's
just
the
contributions
that
get
you
a
title,
but
it's
not
that
even
if
you
conduct
it
repeat,
ups
spread
the
word
about
the
community.
You
are
a
good
liar.
You
know
it's
not
just
about
writing
code,
so
even
something
that
you're
not
let's
say
you're,
not
interested
in
writing
code.
But
you
are
very
good
in
the
organizing
meetups.
You
can
be.
B
A
I
think
much
of,
like
you
know,
like
the
the
focus
of
like
the
Heroes
program,
is
not
really
necessary,
like
the
developers
I
think,
that's
probably
for
they
get
up
contributors.
You
know
like
platform,
so
I
they
get
up.
Heroes
mostly
focuses
on
like
then
on
demand.
Coding
tasks,
like
you
know,
like
organizing
events
and
maybe
like
video
interviews
like
this,
that
could
probably
be
beneficial
to
maybe
someone
who's,
not
from
a
technical
background
and
I
see.
A
You
have
had
quite
like
an
impact
on
like
the
technical
background
so
like
maybe
to
know
like
what
would
you
be
interested
in
like
doing
you
know
that
to
like
versus
someone
who
would
like
to
put
their
content
and
get
lamb
and
they
would
they
don't
know
how,
to
you
know
like
maybe
send
something
or
add
project
their
like
something
that
is
not
really
technical
on
github.
So
what
would
you
be
willing
to
do
to
help
that
kind
of
people
for
people
probably
living
in
Mumbai.
B
I,
would
you
know,
request
them
to
check
the
other
aspects
of
gitlab,
let's
say
designing
or
product
management,
or
you
know,
writing
some
blocks
or
yeah
developer
evangelism.
Basically,
you
know
studying
about
the
features
of
it
lab
and
then
evangelizing
them
in
the
community
about
how
that
can
help
the
developers
project.
Something
like
that.
It's
not
only
about
doing
code
contributions.
It's
much
more
than
that
I
mean
developers
can
just
write
good
code,
but
yeah.
There
is
a
design
which
you
know,
help
the
developers
code
look
good.
B
On
the
UI
side,
there
are
developer
evangelism
evangelists,
who
actually
you
know,
get
developers
interested
in
what
the
gitlab
is
doing.
There
are
product
managers.
There
are
designers
who
you
know,
contribute
in
their
own
way
of
making
the
get
lamp
a
good
product
so
come
on.
Anyone
interested
in
any
of
these
aspects
other
than
the
code
contributions
can
become
a
hero
can't
follow
what
I
did
so
yeah.
That's
about
from
me.
Any
would.
A
A
B
A
A
Okay,
so
would
you
would
you
be
in
okay,
like
you
just
say
what
you
could
be
able
to
do,
and
one
of
the
things
like
I
feel
like
we
have
been
discussing
in
some
of
the
meetings.
We
dig
the
the
coati
meetings,
I,
the
the
committee
meetings
was
the
issue
and
you
know
like
the
thing
about
diversity,
like
the
program
and
I
feel
like
it's
one
of
like
the
major
challenges
and
I.
Don't
know
what
you
take
would
be
on
how
to
like
improve.
A
You
know
like
the
diversity
of
like
the
program
like
to
have
more
heroes,
from
like
diverse
backgrounds
and
they're.
You
know
like
more
people
who
are
underrepresented
in
like
the
program.
So
what's
your
take
of
maybe
something
that
would
be
done
to
like
improve
this
level.
Diversity
in
the
program.
B
B
That's
that's
what
I
can
also
think
of
the
same.
You
know.
Try
to
do
more.
Events
have
more
committee
commits
commit
type
events
and
attend
as
many
as
conferences
meetups
as
possible.
You
know,
you
know
let
just
people
know
that
we
have
this
kind
of
program
and
we
would
like
you
to
participate,
and
there
are
people
from
diverse
background
who
attend
those
commits
the
commit
events
or
meet
ups
which,
which
you
know
can
get.
B
B
A
Platform:
yeah,
okay,
okay,
before
we
conclude
this
because
I
feel
like
yeah,
we
have
had
really
quite
an
interesting
exchange
of
like
knowledge,
I,
just
like
you
to
answer.
Maybe
the
final
question
that
I
have
for
you,
which
is
okay,
like
what's
like
a
message
or
one
of
the
encouragement
for
some
of
the
people
who
are
planning
on
joining
like
the
program
like
what
would
you
like
to
tell
them?
I.
B
Think
one
should
not
focus
on
becoming
a
hero
or
becoming
a
Kotov
member.
What
should
focus
on
his
contributions
in
any
form
date,
code,
contributions,
design
contributions,
product
management
contributions
or
whatever
contributions
and
wheedle
app
supports
taking
from
the
community?
He
or
she
can
focus
on
that
and
the
success
will
follow.
B
So
my
initial
aim
was
not
I
want
to
become
a
good
lab
hero
or
I
want
to
win
the
hackathon
I
just
wanted
to
focus
on
my
contributions
and
it'll
have
hero
followed
that
then
during
the
hackathon
I
just
did
what
I
was
doing
made
as
much
as
I'm
as
possible
and
I
won
the
competition
so
yeah.
That's
that's
just
a
one,
simple
line
that
I
have
just
focus
on
your
contributions
and
everything
will
follow
anything
in
case.
Okay,.