The engineering director shadow experience at GitLab

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Since I launched my shadow program, more than five employees have taken me up on shadowing all of my meetings for a week.

One my shadows wrote a blog based on what they learned.  

Here was the TL;DR on what they learned:

I totally recommend taking one week to enjoy Wayne's adventures. It is an enriching and humbling opportunity to connect with colleagues that you might not come across if you are on another team. As mentioned before, we impact each other more than we might usually think.

 


 


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