What it was like working for Gitlab

Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by mkl on Sunday February 11, 2024 @06:40AM (#39334344)

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=51+percenter&ia=web

Someone "whose skills are divided 51-49 between emotional hospitality and technical excellence" [1]. Seems quite bizarre to me to define it so precisely. Even if skills were measurable in such a way, how many people will be exactly 51% emotional hospitality, and why is 52% or 50% not suitable?

[1] https://www.nrn.com/corporate/meyer-51-percenters-have-five-...

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by chasd00 on Sunday February 11, 2024 @11:55AM (#39336292)

i think the implication is if a 51%'er has to decide between technical excellence and emotional hospitality then, all other things equal, they will use emotional hospitality since that's the majority of their skills (51%). It sounds like preferring to hold a hand vs rejecting incompetence. I don't really agree, i get not being jerk is important but i would flip it to 51% technical excellence 49% emotional hospitality.

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by nip on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:06AM (#39333921)

I hope I'm not violating any copyrights – page 143 of Setting the Table from Danny Meyer [1]

> To me, a 51 percenter has five core emotional skills. I’ve learned that we need to hire employees with these skills if we’re to be champions at the team sport of hospitality.They are:

1. Optimistic warmth (genuine kindness, thoughtfulness, and a sense that the glass is always at least half full)

2. Intelligence (not just “smarts” but rather an insatiable curiosity to learn for the sake of learning)

3. Work ethic (a natural tendency to do something as well as it can possibly be done)

4. Empathy (an awareness of, care for, and connection to how others feel and how your actions make others feel)

5. Self-awareness and integrity (an understanding of what makes you tick and a natural inclination to be accountable for doing the right thing with honesty and superb judgment)

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Setting-Table-Transforming-Hospitalit...

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by lazyasciiart on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:41AM (#39334090)

For future reference, you are certainly not violating US copyright law, because quoting a few sentences from a book falls under fair use. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by nip on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:50AM (#39334138)

Thank you!

That's why I love HN so much: a helpful answer with a source to boot!

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by nightlyherb on Sunday February 11, 2024 @07:05AM (#39334455)

I was curious why the author decided to call them "51 percenters." A google search of the term suggests that the skills of this group of employees are divided by 51% hospitality and 49% technical excellence. Please feel free to correct me if there is anything wrong in my interpretation.

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by mavamaarten on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:28AM (#39334029)

Sounds like a combination of open doors and corporate mumbo jumbo to me.

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by nip on Sunday February 11, 2024 @05:48AM (#39334128)

I'm sorry you feel that way

This description helped me put words on the type of people I enjoy working with

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by eddyg on Sunday February 11, 2024 @08:04AM (#39334710)

Exactly! I’ve never been able to express a succinct list of why some teams and/or companies feel better than others, but “51%ers” explains it perfectly.

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Re:What it was like working for Gitlab by DANmode on Sunday February 11, 2024 @06:29AM (#39334298)

Not a manager, right?

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