Bjorn Freeman-Benson New Relic @bjorn_fb

©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

Describe New Relic mission, establish as PDX company, growth, product-first company The world deserves great software

Our internal belief is that great engineers deserve great managers ©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

Culture matters: nerd-life balance, fostering team environment - STORY: family first, if kids screaming in background, call back. ©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

Diversity matters Confidential ©2008-15 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

Environment matters: No foosball tables, eating only in lunchroom creates an incredible way for us to bond across teams, about something other than code. That matters. ©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

People-based processes. Good code starts and ends with good people People-based processes. Good code starts and ends with good people. Passionate employees who care deeply about your mission and quality of their code. Trust your employees (STORY: about failure ok and support from "folklore page" https://pages.datanerd.us/engineering-management/processes/culture--philosophy/folklore.html ©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

M-team, working as a team, transparent on shortcomings, ability to ask for help, open, trust that teammates will help. Don't hug code. ©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

But all companies talk about this, what really matters is walking the walk. But how do you know if you're successful? When things go wrong - and they will.... turns out a crisis is a terrible thing to waste... its a huge opportunity to set example for your teams, accept responsibility, and see how they react. ©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.  

©2015 New Relic, Inc. All rights reserved.