You are eligible to apply for the program if you have accepted an offer at GitLab as a:
Director or up, Distinguished engineer or up, or Senior product manager or up.
Manager or Staff engineer, if there is 1 consideration.
Individual Contributor, if there are 2 considerations.
I was thinking more like olden times where you work your way up from the delivery boy spot or something and this was a chance to do it. Maybe I misunderstood?
The program is outlined in our handbook if you want to find out more info: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/ceo/shadow/