Wayne Haber

To commemorate my 4th anniversary at  GitLab  and my ❤️ for data visualizations (inspired in par t r/DataIsBeautiful subreddit) and my interest in learning new things, I used GitLab's Code Suggestions AI to assist me in writing a small Python script to download and trend all merge requests I created and then used SankeyMATIC to create a visualization of them.

Episode Description Our guest Wayne Haber, the Director of Engineering at GitLab. Talks about everything from where attackers get their motivation to why showing your team your vulnerabilities is healthy for everyone. You’ll Learn How to make #remotework most effective for you and your team Why we need to change our expectations on instant response for ourselves and our team members How a large company like GitLab works to keep attackers from using their services in malicious ways Why  servant leadership is so important inside and outside of business Learn from the people you lead everyday When you are vulnerable as a leader it will show your team they can do the same Why when you want to make a change in your company it’s so important to bring the data to support your position Podcast Tech Done Different

  Security CWE (common weakness enumeration) trends from 2010 to 2023 that I compiled Sources: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/14577819/ https://cwe.mitre.org/top25/

  The Mentoring Club is an awesome free resource for mentors and mentees to learn from each other. Some feedback from a recent mentor is below.  I'm so glad they found this to be fruitful! "I highly recommend Wayne Haber as a mentor! His leadership and management skills are outstanding, and he is dedicated to supporting his mentees. He has a wealth of knowledge in engineering leadership and diversity, inclusion, and belonging and provides relevant and actionable advice. Thank you, Wayne, for your dedication to helping others achieve their goals"

Presentation on continuous change management: Continuous change management refers to making frequent changes to products and systems in a controlled manner. It aims to maximize the number of successful changes while minimizing risks. Continuous change management has several benefits, like improved time to market, higher quality, lower costs, and better collaboration. Research shows it leads to better organizational performance. Struggling organizations often have manual change approval processes, external security approvals, and fixed deployment schedules. Successful organizations have automated change management, shift security left, and build safety harnesses. GitLab practices continuous change management with merge trains, trunk-based development, error budgets, feature flags, A/B testing, and incremental rollouts. They aim to make changes easy, simple, safe, and secure. To transition to continuous change management, organizations should establish a vision, plan, ident

In the rapidly evolving tech industry, companies like GitLab seek talented engineers who can contribute to our success.  One of the focuses is on Ruby on Rails development.  GitLab has developed a comprehensive hiring process to attract and select the best candidates for our engineering teams. In this blog post, we will explore GitLab's approach to hiring engineers and the steps involved in our selection process. Recording Summary Meet Wayne Haber - GitLab's Director of Engineering: Heading various portions of GitLab's engineering initiatives and teams, Wayne Haber is a servant leader and leads teams in Growth, Security, Governance, Machine Learning, and Anti-abuse. With his experience and expertise, Wayne plays a crucial role in shaping GitLab's engineering culture and ensuring the company hires exceptional talent. The Hiring Process at GitLab: GitLab follows a systematic approach to hiring engineers, ensuring candidates are thoroughly evaluated at every stage while en