WORKING IN A DISTRIBUTED REMOTE COMPANY
FILIPA LACERDA
Senior Frontend Engineer @ GitLab
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What is GitLab?
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DEVELOPMENT
DELIVERY
One product that covers the entire software development lifecycle
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BRIEF HISTORY
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2011: START OF GITLAB
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2012: GITLAB.COM
Sid comes in
2013: "I want to work on GitLab full time"
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Community Edition
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Enterprise Edition
2014: The official company
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2015: Y Combinator
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> 991 team members
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63 different countries
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> 16 timezones
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0 offices
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OPEN SOURCE OPEN CORE
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PUBLIC BY DEFAULT
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$2.75 BILLION VALUATION
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100% distributed team
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VALUES
about.gitlab.com/handbook/values
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RESULTS
about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#results
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OWN YOUR OWN SCHEDULE
measure results not hours
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♥️
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COLLABORATION
about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#collaboration
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ITERATION
about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#iteration
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BORING SOLUTIONS
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MINIMALLY VIABLE CHANGE
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MVP
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MVF
MVF
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MVC
MVC
MVC
MVC
MVC
MVC
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22ND OF EACH MONTH
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TRANSPARENCY
about.gitlab.com/handbook/values/#transparency
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OPEN BY DEFAULT
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PRODUCT ROADMAP
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/product/
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HANDBOOK
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/
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HIRING POLICY
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/hiring
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PAID TIME OFF POLICY
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/paid-time-off
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SALARY CALCULATOR
https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-operations/global-compensation/#compensation-calculator
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NOT EVERYTHING IS OPEN
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TRANSPARENCY IS ONLY A VALUE IF YOU DO IT WHEN IT IS HARD
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HUMANS ARE SOCIAL BEINGS
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EVERYTHING STARTS WITH AN ISSUE
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DISCUSS
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SCHEDULE
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👨💼
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👩💼
👨💼
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💥
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👨🎨👨💻👩💻
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🗓️
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master
feature
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✅
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🚀
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PRODUCTION
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CONVERSATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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1. SHORTER CYCLES
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BORING SOLUTIONS
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MINIMALLY VIABLE CHANGE
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AUTOMATE ALL THE THINGS!
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CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT
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GOOD TEST COVERAGE
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REVIEW APPS
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EASY TRACKABLE CHANGES
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ROLL-OUT AND ROLL-BACK
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FASTER FEEDBACK
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DEPLOY MORE WHERE IT HURTS
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2. WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN
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SINGLE SOURCE OF TRUTH
EMPOWER PEOPLE TO MAKE DECISIONS
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WITHOUT NEED FOR CONSENSUS
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TRUST THAT YOU'LL KNOW BETTER ONCE SOMETHING IS RELEASED
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QA
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