Sijbrandij: GitLab's co-founder lacked running water when he launched the project
Sid Sijbrandij · 20VC: Gitlab Founder, Sid Sijbrandji on Lessons From Scaling from 400 to 1,000 People in 1 Year, Why You Have To Have A Low Level Of Shame On The Product You Release & The Secret To Making Remote Work So Effectively At Scale · Jul 19, 2019 · at 16:24
Sid Sijbrandij, founder and CEO of GitLab, details the origin story and humble beginnings of co-founder Dmitriy Zaporozhets.
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“When he started GitLab, he didn't have running water in his house, and he didn't have great collaboration software, and he picked the thing that wouldn't cost any money to make, because he was a developer, he could make this himself.”
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