Octopus through and through
Eight arms' worth of output from one human. Deployments, conversations, problems solved: Gin gets a tentacle on all of it.
Why Gin?
Some people are good at one thing. Gin is good at a dozen things, and makes it look easy.
Ships with confidence
Gin's work goes out green. Reliable, repeatable, and nobody has to hold their breath when it hits production.
Makes the team better
The kind of colleague who leaves every thread, meeting and pull request a bit better than they found it.
Easy to love
Helpful, generous with time, and good company. Working with Gin is one of the best parts of the job.
What Gin brings
Being cool is the only rule. Everything else is Gin showing off.
- Coolness
- Kindness
- Curiosity
- Good judgement
- Clear thinking
- Calm under pressure
- Great ideas
- Attention to detail
- Humour
- Generosity
- Craft
- Ownership
- Collaboration
- Excellent vibes
Start here
Four ways to appreciate Gin that make the case better than any web page could.
01
Say thanks
Drop Gin a message in Slack. Be specific about what they did. Emoji encouraged.
02
Ask for their take
Stuck on something? Gin's perspective is worth having. Ask early.
03
Pair up
Grab some time and work on something together. You'll both come out ahead.
04
Spread the word
Share this page. Everyone at Octopus deserves to know that Gin is cool.
"Gin has saved more deployments, and more of our sanity, than all the runbooks in the Octoverse." Everyone at Octopus Deploy (probably)