[tyu2]

> how do you encourage them to tackle bigger technical problems? Those that lay the foundation for the new people to do their job more easily and on-board quicker?

Isn't gitlab known for disastrously poor infrastructure with all the long outages? I.e. the exact things where people need to take their time to tackle bigger technical problems, not complete short tasks. I guess this attitude explains it, at least partially.

[0x008]

Would be sure nice to back up those claims.

[itsdrewmiller]

Would be sure nice to back up those databases: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2017/02/01/gitlab-dot-com-data...

In all fairness though, this is the only major gitlab incident I can recall, and it's more than three years old at this point.