Bill Staples has spent 30 years redefining how the world writes, ships, and secures code.
On this week’s Grit, the GitLab CEO shares what it takes to lead a public, all-remote DevSecOps company trusted by more than half of the Fortune 100. 
He breaks down the discipline of managing energy instead of hours, why weekly operating cadences beat quarterly plans, and how AI will 10× software engineers by auto-debugging code and closing security gaps.
Guest: Bill Staples, CEO of GitLab
Chapters:
00:00 Trailer
00:42 Introduction
02:34 True joy in life
08:16 Winning teams
13:53 When the energy isn’t there
18:00 Super ambitious
21:01 It’s not just technology
29:27 Elevating quality and standard
41:36 Lifelong collaborator
51:22 Competent intelligence
54:22 Structuring goals and time
1:03:59 Who GitLab is hiring
1:04:17 What “grit” means to Bill
1:04:54 Outro
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Bill Staples has spent 30 years redefining how the world writes, ships, and secures code. On this week’s Grit, the GitLab CEO shares what it takes to lead a public, all-remote DevSecOps company trusted by more than half of the Fortune 100. He breaks down the discipline of managing energy instead of hours, why weekly [&hellip;]

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GitLab’s CEO on Why the Next Great Developer Might Not Write Code | Bill Staples