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From YouTube: Individual Growth Plan (IGP) Interview
Description
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.
A
Hi,
I'm
jc
bander
on
the
learning
and
development
team
and
I'm
joined
by
chloe
whitestone,
a
senior
technical
account
manager
here
at
git
lab
today
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
the
individual
growth
plan
or
igp
that
we
have
here
at
gitlab.
I
will
link
the
igp
in
the
video
description,
so
you
can
access
that
easily
and
chloe
has
utilized
the
igp.
So
we're
going
to
talk
about
what
that
looked
like
for
her
so
chloe.
What
has
your
career
path
looked
like
so
far
at
gitlab.
B
Yeah,
so
I
have
had
a
very
unique
career
path.
I
joined
get
lab
in
2017
as
part
of
the
recruiting
team
about
a
little
over
a
year
and
a
half
into
my
tenure
here
at
gitlab.
I
realized
that
that
wasn't
really
what
I
wanted
to
do
for
the
rest
of
my
life
and
I
started
looking
at
customer
success
and
interned
with
them
for
a
few
months
and
then
officially
transferred
over
to
via
tam
or
technical
account
manager
in
february
of
2019..
B
B
Yeah
so
I
used
it
once
I
became
a
tam
and
I
was
very
focused
on
you
know:
building
out
my
career
as
this,
you
know
having
just
changed
careers,
and
I
wasn't
really
sure
how
to
do
that.
So
I
wanted
to
identify
the
areas
for
me
to
grow.
To
get
to
that.
You
know
next
level
to
continue
to
improve
as
a
tam,
because
I
wasn't
super
clear
on
that.
So
the
the
growth
plan
really
helped
me
identify
what
I
needed
to
work
on.
You
know
personally,
professionally
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
A
B
So
I
I
view
it
as
a
personal
success
plan
and
that's
especially
relevant
in
my
role,
because
I
build
success
plans
for
our
gitlab
customers
and
part
of
that.
You
know
I'm
thinking
what
are
my
goals?
How
do
I
achieve
those
goals?
Who
can
help
me
get
there?
You
know
who
can
I
lean
on?
Who
can
I
get
advice
from
and
just
having
it
be
kind
of
a
guide
for
myself
has
been
really
helpful
so
that
you
know,
if
I
don't
know
what
to
work
on,
I
have
a
list.
B
So
I
am
very
focused
on
my
career,
so
I
would
regularly
ask
them
for
feedback.
You
know,
ask
what
they
expected
from
me.
You
know
just
in
my
regular
role,
but
also
what
was
expected
for
me
to
get
to
the
next
level.
So
after
I
built
it
out,
I
shared
it
with
them.
We
walked
through.
You
know,
every
single
item
on
there
made
updates
as
necessary
and
just
got
we
agreed
on.
B
That
was
what
I
would
be
working
on,
as
I
tried
to
get
to
the
next
level,
and
I
always
try
to
make
it
very
clear
what
I
wanted
you
know
I
didn't
want
to
not
tell
them.
I
wanted
a
promotion,
they
get
disappointed.
When
I
get
one
I
wanted
it
to
be
obvious.
You
know
I
started
as
a
tam
in
as
a
junior
in
mid-market,
and
I
made
it
clear.
You
know
my
end
goals
are
to
be
an
enterprise.
I
want
to
get
to
senior
and
I'm
there
today
so
yeah.
A
B
Definitely
so
my
first
tip
is
just
to
be
very
honest
with
yourself
about
where
you
stand
today.
You
know
make
sure
that
you're
doing
your
current
role
as
well
as
you
can,
and
then
you
know
how
can
you
then
improve
upon
it
figure
out
what
you
want
to
work
on?
So,
for
example,
when
I
was
transitioning
to
be
a
tam,
I
didn't
have
a
growth
plan,
but
I
did
so
much
like
self-searching
to
figure
out
what
I
wanted
to
do.
B
What
I
wanted
to
focus
on
and
that
really
helped
me
continue
to
where
I
am
today.
You
know
I'm
able
to
focus
on
the
things
that
I
care
about
most
that
I
have
most
interest
in,
so
that's
really
really
important.
I
also
try
to
make
very
lofty
goals,
stretch
myself
as
much
as
possible
challenge
myself.
B
Even
if
I
might
not
have
achieved
everything
you
know
I'm
doing
as
much
as
I
possibly
can,
which
I
think
really
goes
a
long
way
and
I
continually
worked
with
my
manager.
I
had
a
few
different
ones
since
I've
been
at
tam,
but
you
know
each
time
I
got
a
new
manager.
I
made
sure
they
were
aware
of
my
goals.
What
I've
done.
B
I
had
a
mentor
who
was,
I
was
able
to
be
very
vulnerable
with,
so
I
definitely
recommend
having
a
mentor
who's,
not
your
manager
to
kind
of
just
help
you
and
meet
with
you
and
just
help.
You
achieve
your
goals
and
also
make
time
for
yourself,
because
I
think
a
lot
of
people
feel
like
you
know
they
have
to
do
their
job,
so
they
don't
have
time
for
personal
development,
but
no
one's
going
to
give
you
that
time.
You
have
to
make
it
for
yourself,
so
you
know
it's
an
hour
a
month.
B
You
know
anything
you
can
to
put
aside,
definitely
recommend
doing
that
and
then
my
last
tip
is
to
create
what
I
call
a
brag
sheet.
This
was
actually
suggested
to
me
to
do
by
my
mentor
so
anytime.
I
do
something
that
I'm
proud
of.
You
know
accomplishment
an
accolade
that
I
receive.
I
put
it
in
this
private
document,
just
list
it
all
out,
and
it
helps
me
feel
good
about
myself.
Like
I,
you
know
kind
of
battles,
imposter
syndrome
a
little
bit,
but
it
also
when
I
got
to
being
promoted.