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A
Great
well,
we
are
just
a
minute
past
the
hour,
so
we'll
get
started
and
just
so
you
all
know.
I
already
started
recording
this
session,
I'm
going
to
post
it
in
the
women's
tmrg
handbook
afterwards,
but
really
excited
that
you're
all
here.
So
thanks
for
joining
this
is
our
second
kickoff
session
of
the
women
at
get
lab
mentorship
program.
A
So
today
we
have
three
awesome
panelists
that
are
going
to
be
involved
in
a
short
discussion
about
their
experience
as
mentors
and
mentees,
either
at
gitlab
or
in
experiences
outside
of
gitlab,
and
I
hope
that
it's
a
discussion
that
kind
of
gets
everyone
excited
about
and
like
inspired
about
mentorship
and
and
what
this
program
can
do
for
both
mentors
and
mentees
involved
in
the
program.
A
But
before
we
get
started
at
the
panel
candice
is
here
and
I'm
just
gonna
ask
candace
to
do
a
quick,
welcome.
Candice
works
on
the
dib
team
here
at
get
lab,
and
since
this
program
is
in
part
put
on
by
the
women's
tmrg
we'd
love
to
give
candace
a
few
minutes
just
to
say
a
few
things
about
this
program.
B
B
If
you
only
know
the
work
that
samantha
had
put
in
as
a
member
of
the
women's
tmrg
and
the
history
behind
it,
you
know
how
things
got
started
conversations
with
haley
about
two
years
ago
about
different
things,
and
so,
if
only
people
understood
the
grassroots
and
the
organic
formation
of
how
it
all
originally
came
together,
it
wasn't
just
a
let's
start
this
up
overnight,
but
this
is
such
a
powerful
effort
and
samantha's
done
a
great
job,
and
I
just
wanted
to
you
know,
take
a
moment
to
really
give
you
your
your
roses,
and
you
know
your
your
your
thankfulness
of
doing
this
hard
work,
but
also
people
again
that
people
don't
know
like
haley
and
things
like
that
behind
the
scenes
so
great
work
to
everyone.
B
What
I
just
wanted
to
do
is
you
know
being
that
this
is
the
first
time
that
this
is
going
to
kick
off
or
get
lab,
and
it's
one
of
those
inaugural
things
that
we'll
be
able
to
take.
I
think
it's
an
opportunity
for
everyone,
mentors,
mentees
or
people
that
will
be
working
in
allyship.
For
this
to
be
able
to
say
how
can
I
contribute
to
make
this
better
next
time,
and
so,
as
you
go
through
your
experiences
as
questions
are
answered
here
today,
I
think
it's
such
just
an
inspirational
time
to
think
about.
B
How
can
I
make
this
best
for
myself
and
for
someone
else,
so
you
know
thank
you
again
for
your
hard
work,
samantha
and
everyone
else
and
driving
this
forward,
and
all
the
conversations
behind
the
scenes
and
looking
forward
to
the
session.
A
Great
thanks
so
much
candace,
that
was,
that
was
very
kind.
I
appreciate
I
appreciate
those
words
great
okay,
so
our
panelists
today
we
have
three
panels.
One
is
candace,
the
other
is
helen
and
also
haley,
and
so
we
have
three
questions
that
we're
gonna
talk
through
together,
but
before
we
get
to
any
of
those
questions,
I'd
love.
If
each
panelist
could
just
take
a
quick
second
to
introduce
yourself.
A
C
A
C
D
Awesome
I'm
haley
pobanz,
I'm
based
in
the
netherlands
just
outside
of
amsterdam.
I
am
currently
in
enterprise
sdr
management,
so
I
manage
a
team
of
enterprise
sales
development
reps
here
for
the
next
couple
of
weeks
and
then
what
else
was
it?
Oh,
no.
I
already
said
where
I
was
from.
I
think
a
fun
fact
about
me
was
that
I
have
a
two-year-old
and
my
basically,
my
entire
pregnancy
and
life
of
my
son
has
been
at
gitlab.
D
So
it's
been,
I
think,
a
major
factor
and
shaped
my
career
development
here,
and
so
I
think,
is
relevant
for
this
conversation
today
as
well.
So
that'll
be
my
little
fun
fact.
B
Wonderful
and
I'm
candice
bertson
williams.
I
lead
diversity.
Inclusion
belonging
here,
I'm
based
in
the
u.s
and
in
particular
the
city
is
night
deal
north
carolina,
extremely
southern
area,
so
down
south
trying
to
think
of
a
fun
fact.
Fun
fact
about
me.
I
I
tend
to
put
on
like
many
of
us
and
I
think
that's
a
good
kick
off,
probably
to
the
segway
of
the
panel,
I'm
always
typically
trying
to
inspire
others
and
put
on
a
smile,
even
in
the
face
of
adversity.
So
fun
fact.
A
I
can
say
that
I
think
you
do
a
great
job
at
that
campus
personally,
so
great.
Well,
thanks
all
we
can
get
started
with
this
first
question
and
then
I
also
just
wanted
to
say
we
don't
have
like
a
specific
order
of
panelists,
so
feel
free
to
jump
in
when
you
feel
called
to,
but
also,
if
you
don't
feel
comfortable,
answering
a
question,
that's
totally
fine
too,
and
we
can
move
on
to
the
next
one.
A
C
So
I
did
a
mentorship.
I
did
the
like
pilot
women
in
sales
mentorship
program
last
year
and
I
was
paired
with
michael
mcbride,
so
I
wouldn't
say
it's
so
much
an
accomplishment,
but
just
having
one-on-one
time
with
a
chief
revenue
officer
and
understanding
how
he
works
and
how
he
got
to
where
he
was
was
just
just
invaluable
and
the
one
really
key
takeaway
from
my
sessions
with
him
was
the
kind
of
operational
side
of
being
a
chief
revenue
officer
which
I
think
is
often
overlooked.
C
B
Over
planes
we're
playing
mute
mute,
so
I
know
I
see
it
so
I
would
say
for
me
one
of
the
greatest
things
was
about
back
in
2007.
I
did
an
inventory
ship
program
where
I
was
the
mentee
in
a
past
experience
and
walked
my
way
into
diversity,
a
world
that
I
never
knew
that
I
would
love
so
much
and
the
mentor
helped
me
to
figure
out
what
my
true
passion
and
skill
set
was.
They
were
able
to
really
say
I've
observed
you
doing
this
and
I've
taken
note.
B
D
So
my
my
experience
actually
is,
is
I
get
a
lot
but
informal
and
I
think
there's
you
know
I
was
talking
to
samantha
about
this.
D
It
was
like
I
didn't
do
the
formal
pilot
like
she's
like
no,
it's,
okay,
and,
I
think
that's
another
valuable
point
is,
I
think
gitlab
also
gives
you
the
opportunity
to
reach
out
to
someone
and
say
hey
I'd
like
to
do
some
mentoring
with
you,
and
so
I
think
that
alone
was
a
a
big
step
for
me,
in
terms
of,
I
want
to
learn
and
grow
from
not
only
someone
that
I
think
I
can
learn
from,
but
I
think
a
big
takeaway
from
me
was
there's
mutual
element
to
it.
Right.
D
D
There
was
a
lot
of
collaboration,
and
I
think
that
I
mean
the
biggest
accomplishment
for
me
would
be
helping
to
best
prepare
me
for
my
next
opportunity,
which
I
will
be
moving
into
next
month,
which
is
great,
and
I
have
to
say,
because
we're
all
on
the
call
together
that
person
I
did
that
with
was
helen,
and
I
do
think
that
the
sharing
that
she
provided
and
the
way
we
collaborated
not
only
helped
me
be
better
at
my
current
job
and
maybe
she'll
stay
the
same
and
but
also
help
prepare
me
for
my
next
role.
A
I
think
that's
such
an
important
point,
haley
about
how
mentorship
doesn't
have
to
be
formal
and
like
this
program,
is
like
right.
It's
like
an
organized
program
and
you're
paired
with
a
mentor
and
a
mentee,
but
it's
interesting
that
you
say
that,
because
I
took
a
linkedin
learning
course,
a
few
weeks
ago
about
mentorship
and
being
a
mentor
and
being
a
mentee,
and
actually
one
of
the
things
that
I
had
planned
for
this
program
was
to
have
like
a
live
session
about
how
to
be
a
good
mentor
mentee
and
after
I
took
that
course.
A
It
said
in
one
of
the
lessons
was
like
companies
go
wrong
when
they
try
to
over
formalize
mentorship-
and
I
was
like
that
is
so
right,
like
this
program-
is
about
like
mentors
and
mentees
taking
it
and
making
it
what
they
want
it
to
be,
not
like
someone
telling
them
how
to
be
a
good
mentor
or
mentee.
So
I
think
just
like
your
call
out
about
how
informal
mentorship
can
be
so
valuable
is
really
important
to
think,
even
in
like
a
semi-formal
program
like
this.
So
thanks
for
sharing
that
yeah,
okay.
A
So
this
next
question
that
I
have
is
kind
of
maybe
the
opposite
of
the
first
question.
But
I
guess
maybe
not
it's.
What
was
the
biggest
challenge
that
you've
faced
as
a
mentor
or
as
a
mentee.
D
I
think
I'll
I'll
start
this
time,
because
I
think
I'm
going
to
say
one
that
we
all
probably
think
about
constantly
but
are
never
really
comfortable
saying
out
loud
and
it's
and
it's
no
fault
of
anyone,
but
it's
finding
the
time
and
making
sure
to
dedicate
the
time
we're
all
really
busy,
and
I
even
debated
not
doing
it
because
I
was
like
I'm
starting
a
new
role.
Is
it
going
to
be
too
much?
D
I
want
to
make
sure
I
can
give
enough,
so
I
think
that
challenge
sort
of
the
takeaway
from
that
is
to
be
kind
to
yourself
and
to
remove
some
of
the
formality
of
it,
because
it's
it
it's
gonna
sort
of
mold
it
and
shape
the
way
it
can.
But
I
think
that
was
the
biggest
challenge
for
me
and
always
is
that
pressure
like
am
I
taking
on
too
much?
Will
I
be
able
to
contribute?
What
did
I
put
in
the
note
stock?
D
Am
I
ready
for
our
meeting
and
just
kind
of
letting
some
of
that
go
so
that
you
can
just
really
experience
the
time,
so
that
would,
I
would
say,
was
my
biggest
challenge,
will
probably
continue
to
be
my
biggest
challenge,
but
that's
why
I
think
it's
important
to
bring
up.
B
I
don't
know
how
to
follow
that.
One,
I
would
say
my
biggest
challenge
in
a
mentor-mentee
relationship
is
understanding
that
both
people
are
there
for
good
intent
to
help
people
grow
and
be
their
best,
but
being
able
to
still
give
constructive
feedback
as
you're
learning
to
get
to
know
someone.
It's
not
always
the
easiest
thing
to
do
where
you
feel
like
you
want
everyone
to
feel
like
everything
is
great
and
so
really
taking
a
moment
to
say.
C
C
I
think
one
challenge
that
I
think
affects
most
people,
but
probably
women
and
underrepresented
people
more
is
when
imposter
syndrome
creeps
in.
I
know
when
I
got
paired
with
mcbee,
and
I
was
like.
C
Oh
my
god,
you
know
cro
is
I'm
going
to
be
having
a
one-on-one
with
him
he's
going
to
get
to
know
me
and
is
that
a
good
thing
do
I
want
him
to
know
me,
and
I,
I
think,
kind
of
getting
past
that
that
feeling
of
being
incredibly
lucky
and
thinking
right?
Okay,
how
can
we
both
get
something
out
of
this?
A
Yeah,
I
think
that's
a
huge
point
and
I
think
connects
really
well
with
what
you
were
saying
canvas
about
being
courageous,
because
I
think
you
have
to
be
courageous
to
get
over
imposter
syndrome
and
then
remembering
that,
like
the
mentor
has
something
to
get
out
of
it
too,
even
if
they're
a
chief
executive
like
they
can
learn
from,
they
can
learn
from
you
too,
and
it's
two-way.
It's
a
two-way
street.
It's
a
two-way
relationship.
A
B
B
I
think,
when
you
meet
with
her,
there
are
certain
things
that
you
can
see
and
talk
when
you
get
to
someone's
authentic
self
and
everyone
doesn't
show
up
in
a
way
where
they
feel
comfortable
at
all
times.
But
when
you
have
the
right
situation,
the
right
element,
psychological
safety,
is
there
when
you
realize
your
power,
you
start
walking
in
it
and
it's
hard
for
that
to
be
taken
away.
You
may
have
doubts.
B
You
may
have
times
where
you
feel
uninspired,
but
when
you
have
support
even
as
from
one
person
and
you
have
allyship
and
you
have
people
letting
you
know
that
you're
just
great
and
here
is
where
you
could
be
even
better.
I
think
that's
kind
of
the
advice
that
I
would
give
just
really
lean
in
to
try
to
take
this
time,
to
discover
anything
that
you
probably
didn't
know
or
move
forward
things
that
you
feel
like
wow.
This
is
great
about
me
and
I
want
to
really
use
this
and
and
be
even.
C
Better,
I
think
one
tip
that
I
think
is
really
important
is
whether
you're,
a
mentor
or
a
mentee
be
open.
You'll
get
much
more
out
of
the
relationship.
If
you
are,
if
you're
open
about
your,
what
your
goals
are
your
fears,
I
know
in
the
last
mentoring
relationship
I
had
as
a
as
a
mentee
I
I
was
spent
the
first
two
sessions
thinking
my
brain
was
thinking
I'll
say
this.
C
No,
don't
say
that,
oh
no,
you
might
not
come
across
and
and
actually
it
probably
could
have
got
going
a
little
bit
quicker.
But
that's
me
being
you
know
a
bit
star
struck
by
someone's
job
title.
C
So
that
might
just
be
a
me
thing,
but
then,
like
going
back
to
what
haley
was
saying
earlier,
when
it's
like
an
informal
one,
I
think
it's
a
little
bit
easier,
like
I
could
say
anything
to
hayley
and
not
be
judged
much
kidding
and
and
that
that
helps
a
lot
because
you
can't
grow
and
they
feel
completely
open
about
absolutely
everything.
D
Yeah,
I
think
it's
kind
of
tying
well
all
of
those
things
together.
I
think
my
advice
is,
of
course
knowing
your
worth
in
it
as
well,
if
you're,
a
mentee
and
even
as
a
mentor,
is
that
knowing
that
there's
also
something
I
can
give,
and
I
think
that
helps
a
little
bit
with
that
feeling
of
insecurities
or
those
you
know
the
imposter
syndrome,
which
is
like.
I
remember
the
first
time
I
scheduled
when
I
had
my
very
first
conversation
with
holland.
Very
first
unofficial,
mentor,
mentee
and
I
was
all
paranoid
about.
D
Did
I
do
an
agenda
or
the
note
stock
set
and
then
from
then
on
out?
We
pretty
much
just
spent
a
half
an
hour
going
back
and
forth
about
just
how
we
can
improve
each
other's
day-to-day
life
at
work
and
how
we
can
help
each
other
grow
and-
and
then
that
was
like,
oh
so,
you
kind
of
put
up
a
wall
of
like
okay.
I
need
to
be
perfect.
We
need
to
do
these
things.
D
Helen
was
saying
with
mcphee
and
and
let
let
that
down
and
whether
that
means
you
have
a
really
informal
coffee
chat,
first,
which
I
don't
know
about
all
of
you.
But
for
me
my
mentor
did
that
it
was
really
great,
for
you
know
just
kind
of
taking
a
breath
and
have
that
time.
I
think
that's
really
valuable.
A
Thanks
for
sharing
all
of
that,
I
think
it
sounds
like.
Oh,
what
is
resonating
with
me.
Most,
I
think,
is
that
building
safety
with
your
mentor
can
make
a
really
great
experience.
If
you're
able
to
be
open
and
share
and
kind
of,
let
your
guard
down
and
feel
like
you
can
do
that
with
your
mentor.
Then
you
have
the
opportunity
to
really
like
step
into
your
power
like
candace
was
saying
so
thanks
all
well,
I
want
to.
A
We
still
have
a
few
minutes
left,
and
so
I
wanted
to
open
up
the
floor
in
case
there's.
Anyone
on
the
call
who
has
a
question
that
they
want
to
ask
any
of
the
panelists
or
if
they
have
a
question
about
like
program,
logistics
or
anything,
just
like
give
that
chance
in
case
there's
anything
that
needs
to
be
answered.
C
I
have
a
question
so
I
know
obviously
it'd
be
great
to
have
a
coffee
chat
before
you
kick
things
off.
Would
you
go
into
each
meeting
with
an
agenda
or
you
know?
I
mean
obviously
I'd
like
to
have
a
few
key
ideas
of
what
I'd
like
to
cover
off
in
that
hall.
But
would
you
have
a
strict
agenda
that
you
try
and
stick
to,
or
would
you
leave
it
quite
informal
when
we
approached
kind
of
leading
up
to
the
school.
B
A
Yeah,
so
I
would
say,
I
think
personally,
having
an
agenda
for
your
mentorship
programs
is
helpful,
at
least
when
I
say
agenda.
I
think
I
really
just
mean
google
doc,
not
necessarily
a
really
formal
agenda,
but
having
some
place
to
take
notes
and
tag
yourself
or
your
mentor
in
action
items
so
that
you
can
follow
up
on
things.
I
think
is
really
helpful,
but
I
really
think
that
it's
when
I
think
about
mentorship.
A
I
really
really,
I
I
think
about
them
closely,
at
least
at
gitlab,
to
one-on-one
meetings
and
how
they're
really
driven
by
the
the
direct
report,
whoever
is
in
the
one-on-one.
I
think,
similarly
in
mentorship
relationships
that
they're
really
driven
by
the
mentee
and
that
the
mentee
can
can
really
decide
where
the
conversation
goes.
And
so
I
think,
if
you
prefer,
for
our
informal
conversations
where
things
just
kind
of
come
up
as
you're
discussing
then
maybe
just
having
a
google
doc
for
notes
is
fine.
C
I
I
think
it
is
really
good
to
have
when
you
start
the
mentoring
relationship
you
you
have
to
have
like
the
end
in
mind.
What
is
your
goal
of
the
mentorship
program,
and
then
your
agenda
should
follow
on
from
that.
You
know
like
for
haley,
and
I
it
was.
How
can
we
lift
each
other
up
with
my
more
formal
mentoring
program?
My
goal
was:
how
do
I
get
into
this
guy's
position
in
five
to
ten
years,
and
so
your
agenda
should
just
be
an
offshoot
of
that.
A
Mentorship
to
this
iteration
was
moving
from
a
lot
of
synchronous
sessions
to
a
little
bit
more
asynchronous
format
with
documented
mentorship
resources,
and
so
I
just
sent
in
the
chat
a
section
in
the
handbook
that
has
like
before
mentorship
begins,
suggestions
of
things
that
you
can
do
to
prepare,
and
one
of
those
things
is
about
setting
and
using
smart
goals,
and
so
there's
some
linkedin
learning
courses
and
also
some
resources
from
a
couple
of
different
universities
in
the
united
states
that
have
worksheets
and
processes
that
you
can
use
to
help
set
smart
goals
and
understand
like
what
that
smart,
acronym
means-
and
so
I
think
perhaps
using
your
agenda
like
helen,
was
saying
to
to
create
and
share
that
smart
goal
and
have
it
maybe
up
at
the
top
of
the
agenda
so
that
every
session
you're
reminding
yourself
what
you're
here
for
and
iterating
on
the
goal
as
you
go.
A
C
A
A
Great
well,
if
you
have
questions
that
come
up
later
on,
you
can
feel
free
to
add
them
in
this
meeting
document,
or
you
can
post
them
in
our
women
at
gitlab,
mentorship,
slack
channel
and
just
wanted
to
say.
Thank
you
to
the
panelists
for
being
here.
I
think
that
mentorship
is
a
really
personal
thing
and
can
feel
like
you're
opening
up
a
lot,
and
so
I
appreciate
you
all
sharing
your
experiences
with
this
group,
and
I
hope
that
you
all
have
a
great
rest
of
your
day
and
week.