Sid Sijbrandij is the Co-founder and CEO of GitLab — an all-remote company and complete DevOps platform. As a company, they have their eyes set on taking the company public to IPO and they’re very outspoken about their culture, open handbook, and how they work as an all-remote company. We talk through where Sid came from, the early days of GitLab, why IPO vs a private sale (like GitHub), what it means to put “family and friends first, work second,” how we should view work, and his biggest fear — the company failing.
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Show Notes:
- GitLab More Than Doubles Valuation To $2.75 Billion Ahead Of Planned 2020 IPO
- Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
- The importance of a handbook-first approach to documentation
- GitLab values
- GitLab’s biggest risks
- GitLab maturity
- Family and friends first, work second
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