GitLab / Learning & Development

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GitLab folks are working on a proposal on how to decompose the monolith into modules. This AMA with Philip Müller was an open discussion and informal knowledge exchange around modularizing large-scale codebase.

For more information, please see this GitLab issue:
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/365293

As part of the GitLab Manager Challenge, L&D hosted an AMA with Brian Robins, GitLab CFO, on all topics related to management & leadership.

Learn more about the Manager Challenge: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/manager-challenge/

Learn more about Learning & Development: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/

During the February 2022 Manager Challenge, Sid, GitLab CEO and co-Founder, joined the cohort for leadership AMA.

Learn more about the Manager Challenge: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/manager-challenge/

Learn more about Learning & Development: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/

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Learning Experience Working Team Meeting

During the October Manager Challenge, GitLab CEO and Co-founder, Sid, spent time with the cohort answering questions about his leadership experience.

Learn more about the GitLab Manager Challenge: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/manager-challenge/

In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Sherrod Patching, Senior Director, Technical Account Managers to learn more about what their career development journey has looked like. To ask Sherrod any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/16.

This live learning was part of our Career Development Skill of the Month. To learn more, see our handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/career-development/

Feature flags in development of GitLab are pretty useful but somewhat the documentation is very long and hard to understand the overview of the process. This video explains the key points in the flow to let anyone use feature flags easily.

https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product-development-flow/feature-flag-lifecycle/
https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/development/feature_flags/

In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Darva Satcher, Senior Manager, Engineering - Create to learn more about having career conversations with her team members.

In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Jane Gianoutsos, Manager, Support Engineering (APAC) to learn more about having career conversations with her team members.

In this interview, Jacie Bandur and Samantha Lee on the Learning & Development Team interview Eric Johnson, CTO to learn more about having career conversations.

Learn more about career development at GitLab on our Career Development handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/career-development/

There is also more information on the engineering career development handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/career-development/

To learn more about GitLab's Product Group Career Development Framework: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/product-manager-role/product-CDF-competencies/

In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Diana Stanley, Senior Support Engineer to learn more about what their career development journey has looked like. To ask Diana any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/15.

Check out the TED Talk Diana talked about on “multipotentialites”: https://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling

Learn more about career development at GitLab on our career development handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/career-development/

Description: In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Brendan O’Leary, Senior Developer Evangelist to learn more about what their career development journey has looked like. To ask Brendan any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/14.

In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Brittany Rohde, Senior Manager, Total Rewards to learn more about what their career development journey has looked like. To ask Brittany any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/12.

Description: In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Christopher Wang, Senior Solutions Architect to learn more about what their career development journey has looked like. To ask Brittany any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/13.

Learn more on our Career Development Handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/career-development/

Description: In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Nicolas Dular, Interim Fullstack Engineering Manager to learn more about what their career development journey has looked like. To ask Nicolas any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/10.

Check out the TED Talk Nicolas talked about on “Why you should make useless things”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0bsKc4tiuY

A walkthrough of how to use our Values Based Achievement tracker template.

In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Darren Murph, Head of Remote to learn more about what his career development journey has looked like. To ask Darren any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/9.

In this interview, Jacie Bandur on the Learning & Development Team interviews Pattie Egan, Vice President, People Operations, Technology & Analytics to learn more about what their career development journey has looked like. To ask Pattie any questions, check out the Async AMA issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-group/learning-development/programs/-/issues/8.

Learn about what we have upcoming in Q3 in this 1 minute video.

Jacie Bandur on the Learning and Development Team interviews Chloe Whitestone, Senior Technical Account Manager, on how she has used the Individual Growth Plan to grow her career at GitLab.

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Biggest Risks Handbook Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/biggest-risks/#handbook-second

Biggest Risks Handbook Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/biggest-risks/#loss-of-the-values-that-bind-us

The GitLab Learning & Development team discuss GitLab's Product Strategy with Sid (GitLab CEO and co-Founder), Hila (Growth PM Director), and Scott (Chief Product Officer).

Learn more by visiting the Product Strategy Page: https://about.gitlab.com/direction/#product-strategy

The GitLab L&D team held a retrospective with participants from the 2021 May Manager Challenge to discuss what went well and what could be improved!

The L&D team held a retrospective for the May Manager Challenge to discuss what went well and what could be improved

For the full newsletter, see: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/newsletter/FY22-Q2/

For the full newsletter, see: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/newsletter/FY22-Q2/

This video goes with our GitLab 101 Tool Training. You can find the course here: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/certifications/gitlab-101/#how-to-search-for-a-gitlab-issue

Sid (GitLab CEO and co-founder), Stella (GitLab Chief of Staff) and Josh (GitLab Learning & Development) discuss Working Groups.

Learn more about Working Groups: https://about.gitlab.com/company/team/structure/working-groups/

Sid (co-founder and CEO) and Josh (Learning & Development) discuss why GitLab does not present in meetings. Doing a presentation during the meeting is not recommended, because you are taking valuable synchronous time away that could be asynchronous. We dive deep into this subject.

To learn more about GitLab Communications: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/communication/

To learn more about GitLab Learning & Development: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/

GitLab L&D and Sid, GitLab CEO and Co-Founder, discuss Manager Mention Merge Requests during a CEO Handbook Learning Session.

Manager Mention MRs: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/communication/#scaling-merge-requests-through-manager-mention-mrs-formerly-consolidated-mrs

CEO Handbook Learning Session: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/learning-initiatives/#ceo-handbook-learning-sessions

The GitLab L&D team, Darva (Senior Manager of Engineering - Create), and Sid (GitLab CEO and co-founder) discuss transitioning from Individual Contributor to a Manager for Engineers. The discussion can be applied to all functions throughout GitLab.

Learn more about transitioning from Individual Contributor to a Manager: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/development/dev/create/engineers/training/ic-to-manager/

Sid (GitLab CEO and co-founder) and Josh (Learning & Development) discuss managing underperformance.

Learn more about GitLab Leadership: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/

Learning more about managing underperformance: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/underperformance/

A list of topics covered below include:
1. Define what is underperformance
2. How does managing underperformance help GitLab reinforce our values
3. What effect does an underperformer have on the rest of the team
4. Performance standards
5. Failing to spot underperformance
6. Signs of underperforming
7. Tips on managing underperformance

The Learning & Development team and a group of people leaders at GitLab held an AMA with TrustMetryx: https://www.xmetryx.com/, to learn more about the tool and to pilot it with their teams.

Learn more about GitLab Learning & Development: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/

Learn more about TrustMetryx: https://www.xmetryx.com/

Sid (co-founder and CEO) and Josh (Learning & Development) discuss Giving and Receiving Feedback. Feedback is part of many of our sub-values at GitLab, to include: Negative Feedback is 1:1, Give Feedback Effectively, Directness, Kindness many more.

Learn more about GitLab Values: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/

Learn more about our Guidance on Feedback: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/guidance-on-feedback/

A list of topics covered include:

1. Why it's important to give regular feedback
2. Why kindness matters
3. Giving direct feedback
4. Why you should give feedback right away
5. Feedback and transparency
6. Examples of constructive feedback
7. Why it's good to remove "ego" from feedback
8. Why iteration enables feedback
9. Creating an environment built for feedback

GitLab EVP of Engineering (Eric), Engineering IC Leaders, and the Learning & Development team discuss Engineering IC Leadership.

Learn more about Engineering IC Leadership: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ic-leadership/

Learn more about Learning & Development: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/

Topics covered include:
1. What does it mean to be an Engineering IC Leader
2. What are the skills needed to do the job
3. How the role differs from other Engineering management roles
4. Technical credibility versus Technical leverage
5. Applying iteration to everything you do
6. The four archetypes and how they define the work of IC leadership

Sid (GitLab CEO and co-founder) and Josh (Learning & Development) discuss the book High Output Management by Andrew Grove, and the impact it has on GitLab.

Learn more about High Output Management at GitLab: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/high-output-management/

CEO Handbook Learning Sessions: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/high-output-management/

A list of topics covered are below:
1. Overview of High Output Management
2. Dual reporting structures
3. Making decisions
4. 1-1 meetings
5. Training is the Boss's job
6. Importance of emotional intelligence
7. Why GitLab managers should read the book

Samantha (GitLab L&D) show the Learning & Development team how to install GitLab locally.

Learn more how to Edit the Handbook Locally: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/git-page-update/#editing-the-handbook

Learn more about GitLab Learning & Development: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/

Sid (co-founder and CEO) and Josh (Learning & Development) discuss GitLab's sub-value, a bias for asynchronous communication, which is part of our Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging value.

Learn more about Embracing Asynchronous Communication: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/asynchronous/

Learn more about GitLab's Bias towards Async Communication: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#bias-towards-asynchronous-communication

A list of Topics Covered:

1. Why Async Communication
2. Importance of Documentation
3. Recording Meetings
4. When to Decline a Meeting
5. Managers Tips to Enable Async Work
6. Reinforcing our Bias Towards Async

GitLab E-Group and the Learning and Development team discuss our No-Matrix Organization.

Learn more about GitLab's No-Matrix Organization: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/no-matrix-organization/

Learn more about GitLab Leadership: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/

Learn more about GitLab Learning & Development: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/

A list of topics covered:
1. Functional expertise
2. The concept of decision making
3. When to enable a working group
4. The concept of a functional organization
5. Strategies on how to enable our teams in a no-matrix organization

2021-01-20 Monthly Continuous Learning Call hosted by the GitLab L&D Team

Sid (co-founder and CEO) and Josh (Learning & Development) discuss individual contributor leadership and Managers of One at GitLab

Learn more about Managers of One: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/#managers-of-one

Learn more about Leadership: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/

Learn more about GitLab Values: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/

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GitLab E-Group and the Learning & Development team discuss strategies on Making Decisions.

Learn more about how GitLab Makes Decisions: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/making-decisions/

Learn more about GitLab Leadership: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/

GitLab's value hierarchy: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/

A list of topics covered are below:

1. Living our Transparency value when making decisions
2. How to improve our ability to Iterate
3. Applying the GitLab values hierarchy in making decisions
4. How the DRI enables decisions making
5. When to use consensus when gathering information and when to use hierarchy when making decisions
6. Importance of making team members feel safe when making decisions
7. Why team members making the most mistakes are likely to be the highest performers
8. Making decisions in the face of uncertainty

Learn more about how we use LinkedIn Learning on our handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/linkedin-learning/

L&D Hosted the third Monthly Continuous Learning Call

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On the 2020-12-10 the GitLab L&D Team hosted John Fitch, Co-author of the book Time Off to discuss strategies on managing burnout.

Find more details about coaching on our coaching handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/coaching/

The L&D team launched the Learner Speaker Series and the first topic was on Building Trust with Remote Teams with Dr. Jeb Hurley.

2020-11-18 Monthly Continuous Learning Call hosted by the GitLab L&D Team

On 2020-11-10 we had 3 sessions covering belonging.

To learn more about this topic, see our DIB handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/#what-we-are-doing-with-diversity-inclusion--belonging

For the full newsletter, see: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/newsletter/FY21-Q4

The Learning & Development, Field Enablement, and Professional Services team held an Instructional Design 101 session led by Sr. Technical Instructional Designer Kendra Marquart

The Learning and Development team launched the first Monthly Continuous Learning Call to highlight all of the initiatives we have taking place within the learning and enablement space at GitLab

https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/certifications/#sharing-your-certificate

GitLab launched a pilot Manager challenge program in September. This presentation gives an overview of the program for executive leadership.

The Learning & Development team held a manager challenge retrospective on 2020-10-08 to participants in the program.

This was the Live Learning Session for Week 4 of our 4 Week Manager Challenge at GitLab in September of 2020.

Manager Challenge Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/manager-challenge/

Building High Performing Teams Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/building-high-performing-teams/

This was the Live Learning Session for Week 3 of our 4 Week Manager Challenge at GitLab in September of 2020.

Manager Challenge Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/manager-challenge/

Psychological Safety Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/emotional-intelligence/psychological-safety/

Cross-Culture Collaboration Page: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/cross-culture-collaboration-guide/

Inclusion Page: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/being-inclusive/

This was the Live Learning Session for Week 2 of our 4 Week Manager Challenge at GitLab in September of 2020.

Manager Challenge Page:

Building Trust Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/building-trust/

Coaching Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/career-development/coaching/

Job Families Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring/job-families/#helpful-tips

This was the Live Learning Session for Week 1 of our 4 Week Manager Challenge at GitLab in September of 2020.

Manager Challenge Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/manager-challenge/

Underperformance Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/underperformance/

SOCIAL STYLEs Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/emotional-intelligence/social-styles/

This video walks through how to set up a spreadsheet when you have multiple knowledge assessments that you are using to trigger a certificate.

More information can be found on our certification page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/certifications/#step-2-google-sheets

Our Manager Challenge Pilot will be kicking off in September 2020. Josh Zimmerman, Learning & Development Partner, and Jacie Bandur, Learning & Development Generalist, introduce the program in this video.

To learn more about our Manager Challenge Pilot, visit our handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/manager-challenge/

This video is part of our GitLab 201 course.

On 2020-06-24 we had three sessions for our Recognizing Bias course. This recording is of the second session and contains the content covered by Candace Byrdsong Williams - Diversity & Inclusion Manager, Josh Zimmerman - Learning & Development Partner, and Jacie Bandur - Learning & Development Generalist.


GitLab is hosting a Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging Fireside Chat for Team Members to attend on 2020-06-30.

On 2020-06-08 we had three sessions for our Delivering Feedback course. This recording is of the second session and contains the content covered by Jacie Bandur, Learning & Development Generalist, and Q&A covered by Jessica Mitchell, People Business Partner.

Explanation of the difference between the basic GitLab Jira integration that's available in all editions and the Developer Panel that's only available in GitLab EE Premium and Ultimate.

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Jacie Bandur, on our Learning & Development team, walks you through how to create/open a GitLab Merge Request. This is part of our GitLab 101 Certification.

Jacie Bandur, on our Learning & Development team, walks you through how to create/open a new GitLab Issue. This is part of our GitLab 101 Certification.

Jacie Bandur, on our Learning & Development team, walks you through how to move a GitLab Issue. This is part of our GitLab 101 Certification.

Jacie Bandur, on our Learning & Development team, walks you through GitLab Issue Boards. This is part of our GitLab 101 Certification.

Jacie Bandur, on our Learning & Development team, walks you through how to search for a GitLab Issue. This is part of our GitLab 101 Certification.

On 2020-02-25 we had three calls to cover Receiving Feedback. This video is of the first session and contains the content covered by Jace Bandur, Learning & Development Generalist, and Q&A covered by Carolyn Bednarz, People Business Partner.
Guidance on Feedback Handbook Page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/guidance-on-feedback/

Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k5ja-8qJRMnguVOUOOsMUAQ2PEbXiuDBsbpstJPkSEo/edit?usp=sharing
Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yziTxwnAHD6vA1deSPf4DCwGLNYRijAmHiYcdoAxOmo/edit?usp=sharing

This video shows you how to add your GitLab certifications to your LinkedIn profile with the link that comes in the certification confirmation email.

On 2020-01-28 we had three calls to present Ally Training. This video contains the overview & breakout groups by Candace Byrdsong Williams, Diversity and Inclusion Manager.


Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lGPImuahahjDejI5-9cNNCg-NMQJ4GCHO6n0fcntjs8/edit?usp=sharing



Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18Qyn2mBJu0Loq3x_RT5bL2lnL-3YHvac1sQhmqqZNso/edit?usp=sharing

Sid (co-founder and CEO) and Darren (Head of Remote) discuss GitLab's values and culture.

➜ Learn more about GitLab's values: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/

➜ GitLab's value hierarchy: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#hierarchy

➜ Learn more about GitLab's all-remote culture and processes: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/

➜ GitLab's biggest risks: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/leadership/biggest-risks/

➜ The importance of living out GitLab values and maintaining companywide support at scale: https://youtu.be/oRbEuSYwBAg

➜ Discussing GitLab Sub-values — 'No Ego' and 'Low Level of Shame': https://youtu.be/n9Gfe9p1tmA

➜ Associated merge request documenting takeaways from this interview into relevant places in the GitLab handbook: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/merge_requests/37695

✪ A list of questions and topics covered are below ✪

1. Were all six values documented at GitLab’s inception?
2. While the top-level values are somewhat common across organizations, the sub-values strike me as highly unique and serve to describe the nuance in what makes GitLab unique. Would you agree with that?
3. “Loss of the values that bind us” is in our Biggest Risks. We’re working to surface them as early as possible to applicants and make sure that new hires are given time to ingest them, but what else do you think the company needs to do as we scale?
4. Do you feel that all departments are given equal opportunity to internalize the values during onboarding? How are those in sales, compensated based on quota, encouraged to take time learning values rather than jumping straight into sales?
5. I was shocked at how real the values felt when I joined. Many feel like traps. Embracing GitLab values could get you blackballed or terminated at other organizations. How can we ensure that people give themselves permission to drop prior organizational baggage and embrace a fresh start and new values?
6. What’s the recommended approach for speaking up when you feel that values aren’t being lived (or they simply aren’t understood/someone isn’t aware of them)?
7. Many of the values seem to express a desire to not pass judgement on colleagues. In prior organizations, I’ve felt that a lack of perfection could lead to reprimand — that every move would be heavily judged. Is it intentional that GitLab’s values promote a less judgmental and more trusting atmosphere? What benefits have you seen from this, and why don’t more companies do this?
8. Does the Values Hierarchy exist to resolve disputes when two or more values could be argued to support two different outcomes?
9. Do you have a desire to see other companies copy and implement GitLab’s values? Have you seen any companies do this to date?
10. Have investors or outside parties remarked on our values in meaningful ways that you’d like to share?
11. Have you thought about new ways to reinforce our values? How would you recommend a team member propose new ways to reinforce values? An MR to our values page?

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Jacie & Darren present content on Communicating Effectively Through Text. There are 10-15 minutes of Q&A at the end where Jacie, Darren, and Sung Hae answer team member questions.

Discussion on how to review contributor's translation on https://translate.gitlab.com/ (CrowdIn)

This video provides some tips for new managers as they transition from an individual contributor role.

It also introduces the New Manager Enablement Issue and summarizes the resources and support available to new managers.

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/people-ops/Training/blob/master/.gitlab/issue_templates/new-manager-enablement.md

https://about.gitlab.com