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

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

Update: 2025-06-23
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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 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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GitLab’s CEO on Why the Next Great Developer Might Not Write Code | Bill Staples

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

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