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From YouTube: Individual Growth Plan - Live Learning Session
Description
Learn more on our Career Development Handbook page: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/learning-and-development/career-development/
A
Hi
everyone-
I
am
jc
bander
and
I'm
on
the
learning
and
development
team
here
at
get
lab,
and
I
will
be
taking
you
through
this
individual
growth
plan
or
igp
session
today
and
just
a
reminder.
This
is
not
a
required
session,
but
this
is
part
of
our
career
development
skill
of
the
month
that
we
have
going
on
this
month
in
august,
there
will
be
more
sessions
around
different
career
development
topics
next
week
and
the
following
week,
so
keep
an
eye
out
for
those
and
attend.
A
If
you
haven't
already,
if
you
could
make
a
copy
of
the
individual
growth
plan,
template
you'll
be
using
it
today
in
your
breakout
rooms.
I
can
send
the
link
to
the
template
here
in
the
chat.
It's
also
linked
on
the
slides
on
slide
three,
but
you
will
need
that.
So
please
make
sure
that
you
make
a
copy
of
that.
A
And
what
does
career
development
look
like
at
get
lab?
Well,
it
has
a
lot
of
pieces,
so
some
of
those
include
you,
your
manager,
learning
resources
that
we
have
the
igp
taking
time
to
have
a
career
conversation
with
your
manager.
There
are
a
lot
of
pieces,
but
one
thing
I
did
want
to
note
before
we
really
dive
into
the
igp
is
that
you
don't
necessarily
use
it
just
to
go
from
junior
to
intermediate
or
senior
to
managing
a
team.
A
It
can
help
you
get
there,
but
just
achieving
the
goals
that
you
have
on
the
igp
doesn't
necessarily
always
equal
a
promotion.
There
can
be
a
lot
of
growth
within
one
level.
So
once
you
achieve
those
goals,
you
can
set
new
goals
and
start
working
towards
those
as
well.
So
just
wanted
to
call
that
out
before
we
dive
in
today
and
then
part
of
the
session
will
be
sending
or
setting
a
goal,
and
we
have
a
lot
of
learning
resources
here
at
gitlab,
and
this
is
a
list
of
them.
A
A
Okay,
so
most
of
this
session
will
be
spent
in
groups.
There
was
a
lot
of
great
conversation
last
session
earlier
today.
This
one
will
be
on
discover
your
inspiration.
That's
the
first
part
of
the
igp,
so
you
can
see
that
if
you
have
made
your
copy
of
that,
if
you
haven't
go,
do
that
now,
so
I'll
put
you
in
groups
for
10
minutes
and
you'll
be
kind
of
thinking
about
the
discover.
A
Your
inspiration
part
I'll,
have
some
questions
on
the
next
slide
that
you
can
take
a
look
at,
and
there
are
also
questions
on
the
igp
that
you
can
talk
about
as
a
group
as
well.
If
you
have
time
you
will
be
in
these
groups
again
so
take
a
minute
or
two
to
introduce
yourselves
and
get
to
know
each
other,
because
you'll
be
spending
some
time
together
today.
A
E
G
I
was
in
a
group
with
a
bunch
of
new
folks,
with
the
exception
of
one
and
the
one
thing
that
I've
really
loved
here
and
then
all
I
also
heard
on
our
breakout
is
the
ability
for
everybody
to
want
to
help
you
so
everybody,
even
if
they're
not
near
on
your
team
or
your
department,
or
even
remotely
close
to
the
role
that
you
sit
in
everybody's,
very
willing
to
share
their
experiences
and
or
help
you,
through,
whatever
block
you're
running
into,
which
has
been
really
great.
Given
the
effect
of
the
type
of
company
we're
in.
B
H
I
B
H
Yeah,
but
so
I've
been
working
on
that
for
the
past
couple
of
years
and
I
think
I'm
getting
better
at
it,
but
that
is
my
personal
energy
vampire
and
then
the
other
one
is
when
somebody
says
I
need
you
to
open
an
issue.
It's
like
I've
been
stabbed
in
the
stomach
and
I'm
like,
oh
god,
I
can't
it's
so
hard
for
me,
and
so
I'm
working
on
that,
given
where
I
work.
H
B
H
C
On
it
yeah,
our
group
specifically
was
talking
about
just
the
the
breadcrumbs
that
take
you
from
the
various
forms
of
async
work
to
actionable
items
that
they've
done.
So
it
could
be
that
you
have
a
google
doc
and
you've
had
a
meeting
about
this,
and
then
you
just
want
to
go.
Do
the
thing,
but
you
need
to
actually
go
say.
This
is
what
came
out
of
the
meeting.
Summarize
it
put
that
an
issue
somewhere
go
into
that
issue.
C
Somebody
has
to
actually
schedule
it
and
work
on
it
and
somebody's
got
to
do
the
work,
and
then
the
work
gets
done.
You
know
and
having
to
copy
and
refine
content
over
and
over
again
gets
boring,
not
to
mention
then
having
to
go
write
the
documentation
about
that
decision,
whether
that's
in
the
handbook
or
in
the
product,
docs
or
anything
else.
On
top
of
the
actual
technical
change
that
needed
to
be
done.
C
B
C
A
Yeah,
that's
a
great
point
and
something
that
was
brought
up
earlier
today.
Was
you:
don't
have
to
be
bad
at
something
for
it
to
be
an
energy
vampire,
you
might
be
very
good
at
it,
and
so
people
keep
asking
you
to
do
it
and
then
you're
like
oh.
Why
do
they
keep
asking
me
to
do
this?
Well,
you're,
good
at
it.
You
don't
like
doing
it,
but
something
important
to
note.
I
think.
A
Yes,
exactly
okay,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
we
have
enough
time
to
do
the
others.
So
let
me
our
next
breakout
is
around
selecting
a
focus
and
again
you'll
have
10
minutes
in
your
group
and
there's
a
selecting
your
focus
portion
of
the
igp
that
you
can
take
a
look
at
and
there's
also,
these
questions
on
slide,
12
that
you
can
run
through
with
your
group
as
well
and
we'll
debrief
like
we
did
just
now
and
I'll.
Send
you
back
into
your
rooms.
A
H
H
That
two
of
us
are
in
marketing
and
one
was
in
sales,
so
things
like
that,
and
I
think
just
you
know
overall
growing
in
our
careers.
But
I
will
say
a
common
point
in
the
first
breakout
and
then
the
second
breakout
was
that
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
really
smart,
really
talented
people
that
we
work
with
at
this
company.
J
One
interesting
thing
that
came
up
in
our
group
when
we
were
talking-
and
it
came
from
two
different
directions-
is
the
idea
of
oscillation.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
black
and
white,
you
either
ic
or
the
manager,
or
actually
where
you
can
oscillate
between
the
two
and
I
like
for
myself.
I
it's
been
my
experience
and
apparently
there
is
actually
some.
G
F
I
I
still
question
whether
you
know
myself
personally,
management
at
get
lab
seems
to
be
different
than
management
at
other
companies,
and
so
I'm
not
sure
if
I
would
rather
like
try
that
route
at
some
point.
But
it
is
nice
to
see
that
people
have
gone
to
managers
at
getlab
and
then
switched
back
to
individual
contributors
if
they
feel
like
the
role
is
not
there
and
it's
not
looked
as
like
a
detriment.
A
A
So
this
one
is
the:
how
do
we
get
there
section
of
the
igp
and
again
you'll
have
10
minutes
in
your
group,
and
there
are,
I
think,
that's
kind
of
like
a
goal
setting
spot.
So
here
are
some
questions
to
help.
You
start
thinking
about
that.
These
questions
are
on
slide,
16.,
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
put
you
in
your
group,
so
you
can
keep
talking
welcome
back.
E
K
Some
themes
that
came
out
of
ours
was
like
time
time
management.
I
don't
think
anybody
had
the
the
issue
of
like.
Oh
I'm,
all
of
a
sudden,
I'm
working
these
hundred
hour
weeks,
but
it
was
the
feeling
of
like
how
do
I
better
manage
my
time
so
that
I'm
devoting
the
right
amount
of
time
to
the
right
things.
K
And
then
on
that
similar
note,
like
being
able
to
ask
those
questions
that
do
get
people
to
unpack
their
their
full
thoughts
and
their
full
spectrum
of
emotions
and
and
concerns,
and
confusions
and
questions.
All
of
that,
through
only
having
to
ask
really
like
a
couple,
questions
that
really
leave
that
open-ended
and
naturally
guide
people
to
sharing
a
lot
of
valuable
information.
Those
were
all
areas
that
were
kind
of
brought
up
of
areas
to
improve.
A
A
Okay,
so
I
just
wanted
to
again
call
out
that
it's
the
august
skill
of
the
month
is
career
development,
so
we
do
have
some
more
things
going
on
the
rest
of
this
month.
We
will
have
some
sessions
next
week
and
the
week
after
on
career
conversations
and
we've
been
having
a
couple
career
interviews
released
each
week,
so
you
can
check
those
out.
Those
are
in
what's
happening
at
get
lab
slack
channel
and
then,
if
you
watched
the
like
recommended
pre-work,
linkedin
learning
course
for
this
session.
A
You're,
like
almost
done
with
your
building,
an
individual
growth
plan,
learning
path
on
gitlab
learn,
so
I'd
encourage
you
to
go
check
that
out
and
finish
that
and
then
also
a
great
way
to
keep
track
of
your
accomplishments.
Is
with
this
achievement,
tracker
and
there's
a
video
in
the
handbook
and
also
on
the
slide
that
kind
of
show
you
how
to
use
it.
So
you
can
keep
track
of
all
the
awesome
things
that
you're
doing
so.
I
did
see
there
was
one
question
in
the
agenda.
G
I
thought
this
was
really
nice
to
kind
of
meet
some
of
the
people
and
the
faces
that
I
haven't
heard
yet.
So
it
also
gives
me
a
good
kind
of
focal
point
of
people.
I
should
probably
reach
out
to
for
coffee
chats
along
the
lines
and
also
I've
never
done
an
individual
growth
plan.
So
it
was
really
great
to
kind
of
walk
through
the
thought
process
of
why
it's
important.
Why
we
want
to
do
it
and
just
get
our
get
our
hamster
wheels
moving.