What I Learned about the CEO's Job from Participating in GitLab's CEO Shadow Program

1 · · Oct. 7, 2019, midnight
   This blog post is Unfiltered    Over the first two weeks in August, I got the chance to participate in GitLab's CEO Shadow program, during which Shadows attend upwards of 90% of the CEO's meetings over the course of their 2-week rotation. We attend job interviews, 1-on-1s that the CEO has with his direct reports, investor calls, and everything else that comes up. During my two week rotation, I was asked to drop off calls twice and asked to not join a 1:1 once. Shadows are welcome to join a...