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Read more about the Women at GitLab Mentorship Program in the GitLab Handbook: https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/inclusion/tmrg-gitlab-women/mentorship-program/
A
Thanks
everyone:
this
is
our
first
kickoff
session
for
the
2022
women
get
lab
mentorship
program
and
I'm
super
excited
to
be
hosting
this
call
and
hosting
this
program
again.
This
is
our
third
iteration
of
the
women
at
get
lab
mentorship
program,
which
is
really
cool
to
be
part.
I
wasn't
part
of
the
first
iteration,
but
I
was
part
of
the
second
and
the
third
and
it's
been
really
cool
to
see
how
the
interest
and
participation
has
grown.
We've
gone
from,
like
30
people
to
a
little
over
60
to
now
a
little
over
a
hundred.
A
So
I'm
just
really
excited
that.
You
all
have
made
time
for
mentorship
and
made
time
for
this
call,
and
I
hope
that
you
feel
excited
and
inspired
and
like
ready
to
go
after
we
hear
from
our
panelists
today,
so
for
this
kickoff
session
we
have
three
panelists.
We
have
sarah
katarina
and
darva
with
us
today
and
they're
all
going
to
shoot
in
a
minute
and
for
the
panel
I
will
voice
a
couple
of
questions
for
the
panelists
and
then
any
panelist
that
feels
called
to
answer.
The
question
is
welcome
to
chime
in.
A
If
you
don't
have
a
response
or
you
don't
feel
comfortable
answering,
you
can
just
skip
it.
That's
totally
fine
we'll
go
through
a
couple
of
questions
and
you
can
see
what
those
questions
are
in
the
doc
already
and
then
after
we
go
through
the
couple
of
questions.
They'll,
hopefully
be
a
little
bit
of
time
at
the
end,
for
anyone
on
the
call
to
ask
a
question
that
they
want
to
ask
either
the
panelists
or,
if
you
just
have
like
a
program,
specific
question
you're
welcome
to
ask
it
now.
A
I
think
that's
all
that
I
have
as
a
quick
introduction
so
yeah
again
thanks
for
being
here
and
I'm
going
to
first
ask
the
panelists
if
they
can
do
a
quick
introduction
of
themselves.
If
you
can
share
your
name,
your
role
at
get
lab
and
where
you're
located.
B
A
Cool
great
thanks,
sarah
cat,
and
so
this
first
question
that
I
have
for
our
panelists
is
what
was
your
biggest
accomplishment,
key
learning
or
takeaway
that
you've
gained
from
participating
in
a
mentorship
relationship,
and
I
wanted
to
add
this
at
the
beginning
too,
and
that
like
panelists
you're,
welcome
to
talk
about
mentorship
at
gitlab,
but
also
outside
of
gitlab
too.
This
is
more
of
just
like
your
experience
in
your
life.
A
Oh,
I
think
you
can
just
pop
in
when
you
have
an
answer.
That's
fine.
B
Okay,
I
have
two
that
I
want
to
talk
about,
I'm
very
passionate
about
mentorship,
because
it's
been
my
mentors
honestly
more
than
my
managers
who
have
helped
me
on
my
trajectory
and
helped
me
pivot
at
critical
points.
So
when
I
first
graduated
from
college,
I
joined
a
huge
oil
and
gas
firm.
I
was
working
as
a
sub
seat
engineer
and
a
tip
that
I
got
from
a
mentor
during
that
time
as
women.
B
That
was
very
specific
to
a
situation,
but
that
completely
transformed
how
I
interacted
in
that
company
and
changed
my
trajectory.
Another
mental
relationship
that
I
had
helped
me
ultimately
get
a
job
as
a
software
developer,
and
I
won't
give
the
whole
description
of
that.
But
that
individual
helped
me
understand
the
people,
the
network,
the
courses
to
take
the
skills
to
learn,
and
then
coach
me
on
interviewing
so
that
I
could
change
careers
entirely
to
get
into
technology,
which
is
where
I
am
today,
and
I'm
very
grateful
for
that
person.
D
So
I'm
gonna
to
keep
it
greek.
I'm
just
gonna
talk
about
my
biggest
accomplishments
as
a
mentor.
I
feel
like
I
get
the
most
satisfaction
when
there
are
certain
results,
so
I
mentor
team
members
who
receive
promotions
so
to
watch
someone
grow
and
actually
be
recognized
by
the
company
is
very
gratifying.
D
Also,
I
hate
when
people
are
stressed
and
if
I
can
just
remove
the
stress
from
my
mentee
and
make
them
have
like
a
happier
and
a
better
work
life
balance.
I
think
that's
huge
also
when
I
mentor
team
members
who
are
working
on
a
big
initiative
or
who
are
who
are
hesitant
to
start
a
big
initiative
and
they
work
on
it
and
coach
them
through
it,
and
then
they
finish
it
and
they
have
this
huge
accomplishment
and
they
feel
great.
D
I,
like
that,
and
another
thing
I
like,
which
is
a
little
unusual,
is
when
I
help
someone
out
of
their
role
right
when
someone
like
sarah
is
doing
a
trans
transition
in
careers.
That's
that's
really
hard
because
it's
not
easy
to
go
from
one
path
to
the
next,
so
I,
like
my
biggest
accomplishments,
are
when
the
mentee
does
something
awesome
and
ends
up
really
happy
and
meeting
their
goals.
A
C
C
I
had
the
opportunity
to
be
sponsored
when
I
worked
at
mckesson
through
a
program
called
path,
builders
and
I
believe
they're
they're,
mainly
here
in
atlanta,
and
I
started
out
as
a
mentee
during
a
time
in
my
career
when
I
had
just
been
promoted
to
manager
and
given
the
task
to
stand
up
a
sales
operations
team,
so
a
little
bit
floundering,
not
sure
where
to
even
begin
and
having
you
know
a
mentor
to
kind
of
talk
through
some
of
those
challenges
and
learn
from
her
experience
was
critical
in
my
ability
to
be
able
to
establish
the
organization
and
make
it
functional
and
move
forward
so
happy
to
share.
C
You
know
that
relationship
has
now
been
well
over
10
years.
I
don't
speak
to
her
as
often,
but
I
do
reach
out,
which
was
a
a
bonus.
I
think,
because
I
I
don't
know
that
those
kind
of
mentoring
relationships
last
that
long
and
then
I
had
the
opportunity
to
also
revert
to
a
mentor
through
path,
builders
and
work
with
individual
who
was
just
new
to
management
and
relay
some
of
my
learnings
and
and
help
guide
her
through
that
process.
C
So
similar
to
darva,
that's
where
you
get
your
most
gratification
is:
when
you
see
the
individuals
changing
and
the
impact
they
make
to
the
business-
and
I
think
you
know
my
takeaway
through
both
experiences-
was
you
need
to
advocate
for
yourself
to
gain
a
seat
at
the
table
to
be
able
to
impact
even
beyond
your
organization.
You
know,
branch
out,
don't
be
afraid
to
to
try
new
things,
because
that's
just
how
you
you
build
your
repertoire.
A
Yeah,
thank
you
so
much.
This
is
awesome
to
hear
like
best
experiences
as
mentee
mentee
and
then
cat
like
your
transition
from
mentee
to
mentor.
So
thanks
all
for
answering
the
question
so
this
next
one
that
I
have
is
what
was
the
biggest
challenge
that
you
faced
as
a
mentor
or
a
mentee.
B
I
would
say
just
generally,
I've
had
challenging
mentor
relationships
where
I
was
eager
to
participate
in
one
but
didn't
have
any
goals,
and
so
you
get
a
lot
more
out
of
a
relationship
when
you
have
a
specific
goal,
you're
working
towards
and
that
doesn't
necessarily
have
to
be
a
promotion.
C
I
realized
that
her
communication
skills
and
self-awareness
is
what
they
wanted
to
focus
on.
So
just
getting
to
that
point
took
well
over
half
of
the
mentoring
program's
time,
but
I
felt
like
we
ended
up
in
a
good
place.
She
had
some
clarity
and
she
started
to
embrace.
You
know
the
interactions,
but
you
know
very
difficult
early
on
because
she
didn't
know
why
she
was
going
through
it
either.
D
And
I'm
going
to
give
an
example
of
a
challenge
that
I
have
not
faced,
because
I've
had
the
best
mentees
if
any
of
them
are
on
the
call,
but
I
have
been
in
programs
before
where
it
failed,
and
this
is
why
I
failed.
They
didn't
follow
the
credit
values.
Some
of
the
mentees
did
not
come
prepared
to
the
sessions,
so
they
weren't
very
efficient.
D
Sometimes
when
they
were
in
the
sessions,
they
would
say
they
would
do
something
and
actually
not
follow
up.
So
that's
results.
Also,
sometimes
mentees
were
not
transparent
about
what
they
wanted
out
of
the
program.
They
didn't
know
right,
so
it's
really
important
that
the
mentees
have
expectations
set
for
them
like
this.
A
Yeah,
thank
you
all
for
speaking
to
that,
because
I
think
that
in
mentorship
being
a
mentee
is
a
big
responsibility
and
you
get
out
of
it,
what
you
put
into
it,
and
so,
if
you
spend
time
setting
setting
really
specific
goals
and
an
intentional
purpose
behind
what
you
want
to
get
out
of
your
mentorship,
like
the
sky's,
the
limit
on
what
you
can
achieve
with
the
great
mentor.
So
I
added
in
the
chat
and
I've
linked
it,
probably
in
six
million
places.
A
But
there
are
some
resources
in
the
handbook
about
mentorship
in
general,
but
specifically,
there's
like
a
format
about
how
to
set
a
goal
and
to
set
a
purpose
for
your
mentorship.
So
for
any
mentees
on
the
call.
Please
check
out
that
resource
and
share
any
other
goal-setting
resources
that
you
might
have
that'd
be
great.
The
proposal
to
increase.
A
Okay,
so
this
last
question-
and
I
think,
there's
been
like
cool
advice,
kind
of
sprinkled
into
everyone's
responses,
but
I'd
love.
If
you
could
share
a
piece
of
advice
with
mentors
or
mentees
in
this
program
about
how
they
can
really
make
the
most
of
it.
C
Mentee
come
prepared
for
the
meetings
make
sure
you
have
clear
defined
and
measurable
goals
and,
most
importantly,
I
think,
be
authentic
in
your
conversations
be
be
willing
to
be
vulnerable
because
I
think
that's
when
we
learn
the
most-
and
this
is
just
such
a
great
opportunity
to
to
you-
know,
build
beyond
just
your
professional
skills,
but
sometimes
even
personal
translates
to
your
personal
as
well,
so
really
own
it
and
be
prepared
and
make
it
a
priority.
D
All
right
so
a
message
for
the
mentors
first,
please
use
an
agenda
template,
give
your
mentees
some
structure
and
then
ask
them
to
pre-populate
the
template
before
the
meeting.
That
goes
a
long
way
and
then,
if
you
can
respond
to
them,
also
asynchronously,
so
that
when
you
get
into
the
meeting,
you're
just
focused
on
just
the
really
like
the
outstanding
questions
and
things
like
that.
That
really
helps
for
a
more
efficient
session.
D
What
kat
said?
I
wholeheartedly
believe
in
setting
smart
smart
goals
and
specific
measurable
actionable
to
get
the
other
results.
Something
else
make
sure
you
do
that
and
I
think
gitlab
is
an
awesome
tool
to
do
that
with.
I
think
you
can
create
a
personal
project.
You
can
create
issues,
iterative
issues
like
by
month
or
by
quarter
for
your
different
smart
goals,
and
then
you
can
track
your
work
in
your
personal,
get
lab
project
awesome
way
to
use,
get
lab
for
the
mentees.
D
The
one
tip
I
would
give
you
is
all
of
you
all
just
had
a
performance
review,
employee
development
plans.
Next
steps
and
opportunities
try
to
align
that
with
your
mentoring
goals,
because
you
get
a
two
for
one.
You
please
your
manager,
and
you
also
are
using
yourself
and
improving
your
own
employee
development.
So
keep
that
in
mind.
A
Yeah
thanks
that's
great
advice
to
darva,
it's
good
timing
and
a
good
opportunity
to
like
kind
of
take
some
action
on
those
career
development
conversations
that
you've
recently
had.
So
thank
you
so
much
sarah
and
kat
and
darva
I'm
going
to
see
if
there's
anyone
on
the
call
who
has
any
questions
that
they
wanted
to
ask
the
panelists.
A
B
D
B
I've
learned
how
to
coach
different
types
of
people,
because
it's
different
than
if
it's
somebody
who
reports
to
you,
you
can
have
like
kat,
said
previously
a
very
authentic
and
open
relationship,
and
I
feel
that
you
can
do
that
to
a
greater
extent
with
a
mentor
than
your
manager.
And
so
it's
really
helped
me
hone
how
I
connect
with
different
types
of
people,
especially
gitlab,
because
we
have
individuals
in,
I
think
70
plus
countries,
and
so
I
really
enjoyed
learning
through
the
mentor.
D
C
And
diana,
I
think,
from
my
perspective,
just
past
mentees
have
been
in
very
different
professions
than
mine,
so
I've
learned
that
there
still
are
a
lot
of
commonalities
and
there's
still
a
lot
to
be
gained
and
having
that
relationship
you
can
still
help
them.
We
all
face
very
similar
challenges,
so
I've
also
learned
from
my
mentees
as
well
as
them.
You
know
leveraging
me.
A
Okay,
well,
if
something
does
come
up
and
you
want
to
follow
up
with
the
panelists,
you
can
feel
free
to
add
it
to
the
agenda
and
I'll
tag
them
in
or
you
can
tag
them
in
and
we
can
chat
asynchronously.
A
I
will
just
say
a
few
things
before
we
wrap
up
this
session
throughout
the
mentorship
program.
The
best
place
to
get
in
touch
with
me
or
to
ask
questions
of
other
mentors
and
mentees
is
going
to
be
the
women
dash
gitlab
dash
mentor
slip
mentorship
slack
channel.
But
if
there's
ever
like
a
an
issue
that
comes
up
with
your
mentor
or
your
mentee
that
you
don't
feel
comfortable
posting
in
that
channel,
you
can
absolutely
just
send
me
a
direct
message
on
slack.
A
I've
created
two
slack
groups,
one
for
all
the
mentors
and
one
for
all
the
mentees.
I
don't
plan
on
using
them
very
often
I'm
going
to
be
posting
weekly
messages
in
the
slack
channel,
but
I
won't
tag
everyone
in
them:
weekly,
they're,
more
just
discussions,
discussion,
questions
and
resources
to
help
you
through
your
mentorship,
if
you're
feeling
stuck,
but
I
will
use
them
every
so
often.
A
If
there's
like
a
poll
that
I'm
asking
you
to
respond
to
or
if
there's
like
an
important
change
or
thing
that
I
want
to
announce,
so
you
won't
get
pinged
from
me
too
much,
but
when
you
do
please
check
them,
and
now
that
we've
had
this
kickoff,
we
have
two
more
sessions
one
later
one
both
of
them
are
actually
tomorrow.
A
One
later
in
the
day
for
me
and
one
in
the
evening
for
me,
and
so
you're
welcome
to
attend
those,
we
have
different
panelists
and
a
different
structure
for
that
last
third
session
happening
tomorrow,
but
no
problem.
If
you
can't
attend
them,
these
calls
are
kind
of
like
the
official
start
line
of
the
program.
So
beyond
now,
mentees
should
be
setting
up
your
mentorship
sessions
and
really
diving
into
your
mentorship.
A
Well,
thank
you
all
for
being
here
thanks
again
to
our
panelists.
This
was
a
great
discussion
and
I
will
talk
to
you
all
soon.
Thank
you.