Nick Floyd on “Nerd-Life Balance”—From FutureStack15 [Video]
Watch the video of a New Relic lead software engineer charting a path from today’s failed “work-life balance” to the next generation’s “work-life awesome!”
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Watch the video of a New Relic lead software engineer charting a path from today’s failed “work-life balance” to the next generation’s “work-life awesome!”
Continue ReadingThe power of the burrito button, management via “pull request,” hands on with Docker, and much more—New Relic highlights from Velocity.
Continue ReadingSee how hundreds of Velocity conference attendees partied like sports heroes at Levi’s® Stadium.
Continue ReadingThe inaugural Tech Superwomen Summit (#TSWS15) in San Francisco last week was an inspirational event that drew more than 400 students, developers, business executives, and policy makers—including a 10-year-old girl named Ava. New Relic was a proud sponsor and exhibitor at the event, and I’d like to share some of my impressions. Women’s mobility in…
Continue ReadingNo one could ever say that New Relic employees aren’t down for a good time. From dodge ball tournaments, graffiti team-building workshops, to monthly themed happy hours, New Relic events are always high energy and a ton of fun. Sprinkle in a little competitive spirit, a Wii console, projector screen, and board games, and you’ve…
Continue ReadingDespite what it may seem like sometimes, up-and-coming software companies haven’t cornered the market on creativity. In fact, creativity often springs from the most unusual places. So when the marketing team here at New Relic went looking for a team-building, creativity-sparking exercise, we ended up a bit outside the standard software startup world. Specifically, we…
Continue ReadingSteve Blank, serial entrepreneur, professor of entrepreneurship, and author of the seminal book that launched the Lean Startup movement, has long fought to change the mentality of software startups and other entrepreneurial businesses. He’s succeeded—Lean Startup is now not only a commonly accepted entrepreneurial strategy, it’s taught at more than 100 colleges and universities. But…
Continue ReadingAt its core, VolunteerMatch connects good people with good causes. The organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement. In fact, the service welcomes millions of visitors a year and more than 98,000 nonprofit organizations. According to this week’s data nerd Greg…
Continue Reading“It’s about time to start the meeting. Here are the agenda. Bob brought in some cappuccini in case anyone needs a little caffeine. Thanks, Bob.” “You’re welcome, Jeannine. Say, did anyone notice the graffito on the front of the building on your way in?” The scenarios above sound ridiculous, don’t they? The reason they sound…
Continue ReadingNew Relic’s software engineers love a good game. Here’s a look at some of our favorite board games from the company’s recent offsite.
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