Podcast appearances and mentions of travis kimmel

Bennett and Cas are joined by Travis Kimmel to discuss the purpose and role of venture capital. This video was recorded on May 9th, 2024.

Learn more about CI Futures here: http://completeintel.com/futuresIn this episode, we are joined by two special guests: Mary Kissel and Travis Kimmel. Mary is the EVP and senior policy advisor at Stephens. She was the senior-most aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and was editorial board for Wall Street Journal. Travis Kimmel is a technology entrepreneur, market philosopher and a spicy tweeter.First, we dig into the approach to getting out of this Stagflationary model. The Bank of England, the ECB, the Fed, and the BOJ all seem to be starting a managed decline. And the real question is, is that really necessary?We all know the Fed raised by 75bps and are expected to continue with at least 50bps in December. Raising rates has decimated tech names and made the operations significantly more challenging. Travis discuss with us the impact of the whiplash in interest rates on operators, on the people who run companies, and how they run those companies in this type of environment.And then finally, with Albert, we talk about Brazil. We saw a big election result in Brazil this week with Lula declared the winner. Many Brazilians are not happy.Also, note that Brazil is one of the largest emerging economies and a huge trade partner for China. Lula has already made comments in support of Russia in the war with Ukraine. What does this mean? Is Brazil a risk for US power in the western hemisphere, given the inroads that China already has in Venezuela, etc?Key themes1. Can we grow out of this stagflationary muddle?2. Impact of Fed rates whiplash on operators3. How big of a risk is Brazil?This is the 40th episode of The Week Ahead, where experts talk about the week that just happened and what will most likely happen in the coming week.Follow The Week Ahead panel on Twitter:Tony: https://twitter.com/TonyNashNerdMary: https://twitter.com/marykisselAlbert: https://twitter.com/amlivemonTravis: https://twitter.com/coloradotravisTime Stamp:0:00 Start1:45 Key themes for this episode2:36 Growth in stagflation?5:44 Is this a boomer-millennial thing?10:21 Will we see the start of some fracking in Europe to ease the burden of energy prices?12:26 We just need coherent and stable framework for the economy14:08 Impact of Fed rates whiplash on operators17:53 Are we making a depression period?19:06 Civil war in politics23:02 Brazil political changes: what we need to look at?25:09 Are we seeing more regional political risks for the US?28:20 What's to look for in the week ahead?Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/VJV_o1z9WV4

In this episode I talk with Travis Kimmel.  Our topics include: Operator Use Liberal Arts Intellectual Dojo of Twitter SAAS Treasuries Why Do We Have Bonds? And more!  This is the link to Travis' favorite book on management we discussed: 12: The Elements of Great Managing Travis' best book he has read in finance: Trade Wars Are Class Wars I hope you enjoyed this conversation with Travis as much as I did!    

We welcome Travis Kimmel, AKA the Dollar Fatalist, the Wizard of Web1, the Crusher of Cryptocurrency dreams, and our favorite moniker, the illustrious BearLord, onto the Gold Exchange Podcast! Travis joins Keith to talk about Bitcoin acolytes' underlying Marxist philosophy, interest rate hikes, balance sheets, and so much more. Listen in to hear what the famous BearLord thinks about whether a recession cometh, and why it's insanity to hike rates in this market. This is a must-see episode! Follow Travis (AKA BearLord) on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/coloradotravis

On today's edition of "Boiler Room," Alfonso Peccatiello is joined by Travis Kimmel for a wide ranging discussion from geopolitics to supply chains, the housing market and much more. If there is one thing to take away from this conversation, it would be that contrary to popular belief, cash is NOT trash. Travis walks listeners through the upcoming recessionary downturn we should expect to see throughout the end of 2022. Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur and technologist, he provides an insight to some of the struggles companies may face over the coming months. But to hear that, you'll have to tune in! -- Follow Travis: https://twitter.com/coloradotravis Follow Alfonso: https://twitter.com/MacroAlf Follow Blockworks: https://twitter.com/Blockworks_ Subscribe To The Macro Compass: https://themacrocompass.substack.com/ Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ -- Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction (00:36) Geopolitical Situation In Ukraine (03:47) Supply Chain Effects On Inflation (09:47) Increasing Borrowing Costs (14:00) The Housing Market (17:22) Cash Is NOT Trash (28:05) Moving Away From A Credit Based System? -- Disclaimer: Nothing discussed on Boiler Room should be considered as investment advice. Please always do your own research & speak to a financial advisor before thinking about, thinking about putting your money into these crazy markets.

Today Bennett Tomlin and Cas Piancey have the opportunity to chat with THE BEAR LORD - or just Travis, if you prefer - about all things SCARY when it comes to the future of the dollar, yields, cryptocurrency, and the economy as a whole. Follow Travis on Twitter @coloradotravis (Recorded on Monday, January 31st, 2022)

The Interview: Steven Van Metre of Steven Van Metre Financial and Real Vision president Travis Kimmel discuss how bonds and gold perform during times of deflation and insolvency. After Kimmel shares his journey as an entrepreneur and a technologist to Real Vision’s president, he explains why he thinks insolvency poses a serious risk for the U.S. economy. He and Van Metre discuss why Treasury bonds perform so well during times of economic distress, comparing the performance of long Treasury bonds relative to the S&P 500, as well as to gold and gold miners. After Van Metre explains why he believes quantitative easing is, in fact, deflationary, Kimmel describes the "greatest trades" he sees on the horizon. Recorded on January 21, 2021. Key learnings: The repayment of debt destroys dollars, so the overhang of tremendous debt loads and obligations (rents, corporate borrowing, etc.) will prove deflationary. In this scenario, Kimmel and Van Metre think bonds offer a favorable risk/reward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis Kimmel is the President of Real Vision, and here he discusses his views on Tether, bitcoin, bonds, the dollar and more! Fantastic interview to listen to!

Managing editor Ed Harrison welcomes Real Vision’s new president, Travis Kimmel, to the Daily Briefing. Travis shares his Real Vision journey from an entrepreneur to a self-taught investor and outlines his macro framework for thinking inflation, credit creation, and currency flows. Travis explains why he isn’t fully convinced by the reflation narrative and why he believes that fiscal aid is more likely papering over the cracks than truly providing economic stimulus. Travis shares his view of Bitcoin, which he calls “a curious beast” and “a tabula rasa for narratives.” Lastly, Travis tells Ed about his concerns about the stable coin Tether. In the intro, Real Vision’s Haley Draznin examines the markets reacting ahead of President-elect Biden’s stimulus speech this evening, and the implications of the jobless claims rising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Travis Kimmel of Gitprime about the challenges of being an engineering manager, the value of metrics and how to use them wisely Why listen to this podcast: • There is lots of information about the “stuff” of engineering, but very little on the human processes of engineering • Without a data layer that gives insight into the process the manager needs to interrupt the flow of work to understand what’s happening • The difficulty in running an engineering team is ensuring that the impulse to build is aligned with the overall business goals • The state of nature for engineering is a group of people building interesting things that make sense from a business value perspective – if any of these point stops being true then dysfunction creeps in • The data generated by a team should be consumed by the manager of that team and they use it to tell the story of how the team is doing to others More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2JNqpil You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq Check the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2JNqpil

Hi everyone, after another four week US speaking tour I've just got back to Australia and I'm ready to get back into the daily podcast. Flying from Honolulu to Sydney on the way home I watched a brilliant new movie called Danger Close starring the Australian actor Travis Kimmel. This led me to check out his backstory and it's really interesting. His journey has an important lesson I want to share with you in today's episode.

Will Larson on Greater Than Code, Marcus Blankenship on Software Engineering Radio, Sonal Chokshi on Software Engineering Daily, Roman Pichler on Being Human, and Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt on Hanselminutes. I’d love for you to email me with any comments about the show or any suggestions for podcasts I might want to feature. Email podcast@thekguy.com. And, if you haven’t done it already, don’t forget to hit the subscribe button. This episode covers the five podcast episodes I found most interesting and wanted to share links to during the two week period starting September 2, 2019. These podcast episodes may have been released much earlier, but this was the fortnight when I started sharing links to them to my social network followers. WILL LARSON ON GREATER THAN CODE The Greater Than Code podcast featured Will Larson with hosts Jessica Kerr, Arty Starr, and Rein Henrichs. Will talked about systems thinking, specifically referencing Donella Meadows’ Thinking in Systems: A Primer. As a sixteen-year-old, he was exposed to systems thinking by his economics professor father. They talked about how to bring about change in complex systems and Rein brought up Virginia Satir’s change model.  They talked about various forms of dysfunction, with an example being tasks that are marked as completed by developers without first doing the work of validation. Will’s own example is that executives never miss their goals; they just redefine the goals so that they hit them. There is a certain level of seniority where you can never be held accountable because you are the accountability function. Getting back into the topic of how to change complex systems, Will referenced the book, The First 90 Days as a great explanation of the need to go slow and observe before you try to change things. He says that the “great man theory” has been out of style for decades in the study of history, but is still in style in tech as the most causal way to understand how change works and also the most comforting. Rein talked about how the heroic individual myth is the other side of the coin to the scapegoat. Just as you pile all the blame onto the scapegoat, you pile all the credit onto the hero. He says that cultures that engage in hero myth-building are also likely to engage in scapegoating. Will says he himself has not seen much scapegoating at the companies he works at, likely because those cultures were unwilling to hold folks accountable for their work, but he has seen the hero myth at every company he has worked. Will then spoke about the 10x engineer myth. Will says he meets people who have been in tech for six or seven years who have the idea that they are almost done with their career. It may be due to the “senior engineer after two years” phenomenon where the career path is not well-defined and a lot of companies don’t know how to take advantage of the skills of people with 15 to 20 years of experience. A second reason is that the industry is an overwhelming and draining environment and people choose to opt out of it. As a result, we have very few engineers who have been around long enough to witness the long-term consequences of their brilliant ideas. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/142-modeling-constraints-in-human-systems-with-will-larson/id1163023878?i=1000446345964 Website link: https://www.greaterthancode.com/modeling-constraints-in-human-systems MARCUS BLANKENSHIP ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING RADIO The Software Engineering Radio podcast featured Marcus Blankenship with host Travis Kimmel. They talked about motivation, specifically motivation of engineering teams. Marcus says that motivation is the desire to get things done and every engineer coming out of school is motivated from day one. If you get one of these people hired onto your team and, two years later, they are demotivated, suffering from PTSD, scared to offer ideas, and figuring they are just a cog in a machine, your problem is your company or your team, not the engineer you hired. Marcus says he is doing secret research on motivation as he is now interviewing candidates for a job and asking them why they are looking to leave their current job. Nobody says, “Pay.” Often the answer is a lack of alignment with their boss or their company, resulting in the engineer losing the desire to contribute because of a relationship problem. These engineers are not stick-in-the-muds that are angry they don’t get to use COBOL anymore. Something happened where instead of having their ideas valued and heard and being part of the discussion, they somehow got disconnected from their boss. In the seventies, Marcus says, researchers discovered a strong correlation between positive employer-employee relationships and the amount of job satisfaction, quality of work, turnover intentions, and amount of promotions. We are thirty-five years into a few thousand scientific studies that continue to prove that the relationship one has with one’s supervisor matters more than any other factor when it comes to job performance and job satisfaction. Marcus says that a supervisor’s one true job is to create a trusting relationship with the people that report to you. Travis shared his own experience in having one-on-ones with his supervisors that felt to him like they were trying to artificial manufacturing a relationship because there was no indication of what the goal of the meeting was.  Marcus says that good one-on-ones are bi-directional. One-on-ones in which the boss just gets status updates from the subordinate and gives new marching orders are often dissatisfying for both parties. Another flawed kind of one-on-one is where it is all about the employee. Such one-on-ones are not effective and neither party likes these either. Marcus suggests that we apply to our one-on-ones the same Agile thinking that we apply to our work. Every month, at one of your one-on-ones, do a retro on the one-on-one. Talk about why you are doing them, what value you’re getting from them, and how to make them better. They talked about psychological safety. Marcus says a lot of managers don’t realize that they are not in a good position to measure psychological safety based on their own gut. He says tools like Claire Lew’s knowyourteam.com, officevibe.com, and other anonymous survey tools can help. When we become a manager or team lead that has you supervising or leading, we forget that we are in a position of power. Travis added that leaders need to be careful about what they say casually so that it doesn’t get taken as a mandate. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-374-marcus-blankenship-on-motivating-programmers/id120906714?i=1000445260176 Website link: https://www.se-radio.net/2019/07/episode-374-marcus-blankenship-on-motivating-programmers/ SONAL CHOKSHI ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DAILY The Software Engineering Daily podcast featured a16z podcast host Sonal Chokshi with host Jeff Meyerson. Jeff started out by asking why a VC firm decided to start a podcast. Sonal says that a16z has always had a culture of writing, blogging, and sharing ideas. This led them to develop an editorial operation from which the podcast naturally followed. Jeff asked what lessons from blogging apply to podcasting. Sonal sees podcasting as the next evolution of blogging because of its similar intimacy and a similar feeling of authenticity. The difference, she says, is that podcasting is a community and a movement.  Sonal talked about her favorite a16z episodes, including an episode on emojis. She loved it because everybody understands how to use emojis but there is a lot of deep tech and governance involved in making emojis possible. That episode, she said, encapsulates the whole a16z podcast: the intersection of technology, people, politics, context, culture, and humanity.  Jeff brought up a16z’s connection to Mike Ovitz’s Creative Artists Agency. Having read Ovitz’s book and noticed how it portrays Ovitz as a workaholic, Jeff asked Sonal how she finds balance while drinking from the addicting technological firehose. Sonal says there is a lack of nuance in the debates about screen time and work/life balance. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a16z-podcasting-with-sonal-chokshi/id1019576853?i=1000446547922 Website link: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2019/08/09/a16z-podcasting-with-sonal-chokshi/ ROMAN PICHLER ON BEING HUMAN The Being Human podcast featured Roman Pichler with host Richard Atherton. Richard asked Roman what a product manager is. Roman says a product manager is someone who takes an idea and helps bring it to life, launch it, make it successful, and keep it successful. Richard asked about the distinction between a product manager and Scrum’s notion of product owner. Roman sees the product owner as a product management role, but methodologies like SAFe have redefined the product owner to be a tactical role, misunderstanding the intention behind the role and the practicalities such as answering questions from the dev team, refining backlog items, and answering support and sales questions. He says there is too much focus on the details and this risks losing sight of the big picture. To do a good job for users and for the business, Roman says it is helpful to have people looking after digital assets with the right qualifications, skills, organizational support, authority, and autonomy. He says the term “mini-CEO” appeals to some product people because it indicates that product people need a certain level of authority, but a CEO would have marketing and sales functions under their control and product people do not. Richard asked what talents Roman had to develop to be a great product person. Roman started out as a programmer and began to help business groups come up with new products. What helped him most was to boost his own understanding of how business works and the second most important element was letting go of being interested in how digital products work and focusing instead on who benefits from them. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/72-to-manage-products-is-to-care-with-roman-pichler/id1369745673?i=1000446514943 Website link: http://media.cdn.shoutengine.com/podcasts/4081235a-554f-4a8f-90c2-77dc3b58051f/audio/9b2501e7-e618-46f6-8f41-abd69c871211.mp3 DAVE THOMAS AND ANDY HUNT ON HANSELMINUTES The Hanselminutes podcast featured Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt with host Scott Hanselman. Scott started by asking whether Dave and Andy knew at the time they wrote the Pragmatic Programmer 20 years ago that they were writing what would become a seminal work. Dave said that both of them were stunned by its success. The book was intended as a way to clarify their own thoughts based on their experiences as consultants in which their clients all had the same kinds of problems: inconsistent builds, the shipping of untested code, and impossible-to-change designs. Scott asked about the importance of the name of the book. Andy said that there was a strain of thought at the time the book was written that was dogmatic and they deliberately pushed against such approaches. Dave pointed out that this was harder on their readers because it forced them to figure out for themselves what works for them. They got into a discussion of what kind of educational background one needs to be a successful programmer. Dave revealed that he is currently teaching classes at SMU to, he says, corrupt the youth by teaching them things like functional programming, and because traditional computer science education is poorly serving the industry and the student. People are coming out of university with tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt and, in terms of their value in the industry, they are not much different from people who are coming out of eight-week bootcamps. He teaches third or fourth year undergraduates and graduate students and he has found that none have been shown any form of testing. He would much rather hire someone who had the right attitude, was smart, and who could talk to people and he could show such a person how to code while on the job. Andy added that he gets the feeling that most computer science programs are there to teach you to become a professor of computer science rather than a problem-solver. What Andy says people need to learn, and what university education is not providing, are problem-solving skills. Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pragmatic-programmer-celebrates-20-years-dave-thomas/id117488860?i=1000446461596 Website link: https://hanselminutes.simplecast.com/episodes/the-pragmatic-programmer-celebrates-20-years-with-dave-thomas-and-andy-hunt-VBmLw9lP LINKS Ask questions, make comments, and let your voice be heard by emailing podcast@thekguy.com. 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Marcus Blankenship discusses programmer motivation (and de-motivation), which is key to job satisfaction, performance, and turnover.  Travis Kimmel spoke with Blankenship about why engineering motivation matters, the unique motivation needs of engineers, mentoring and coaching for motivation, 1:1s, and self-motivation.   Related Links Marcus Blankenship’s website Habits that Ruin Your Technical team Related SE-Radio Episodes […]

Positive Phil has interviewed some of the most accomplished people on the planet and they all live life with ambition and passion.. Here’s what they all have in common.‘’The program consists of interviews with positive people and thought leaders, as well as others in the social, business and entertainment community.Travis Kimmel is the CEO, co-founder and product visionary behind GitPrime. He is a Y Combinator alumni, experienced in building high-performing teams, and empowering people to do their best work of their careers. Our Mission Is To Spread Positive Values and Inspiring Stories of Entrepreneurship.If you look at any modern organization, you’ll find that Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Finance have all been transformed in recent years by software that allows teams to move faster and measure the effectiveness of their activity. For all of the improvements that developers have brought other industries—in the form of efficiency, visibility, and metrics—very has been done to offer that same level of visibility into software engineering.GitPrime realized that the software industry can benefit these same kinds of data-powered insights. Software engineering is overdue for a new level of understanding through visibility and meaningful metrics.GitPrime is transforming software development by bring unprecedented transparency and meaningful metrics to the software teams around the globe. Itunes Link: apple.co/2cBxzXsSubscribe: www.blubrry.com/positivephil/Stitcher Radio: bit.ly/2c9czHFCheck Out Our Guests….www.positivephilshow.com

Positive Phil has interviewed some of the most accomplished people on the planet and they all live life with ambition and passion.. Here’s what they all have in common.‘’The program consists of interviews with positive people and thought leaders, as well as others in the social, business and entertainment community.Travis Kimmel is the CEO, co-founder and product visionary behind GitPrime. He is a Y Combinator alumni, experienced in building high-performing teams, and empowering people to do their best work of their careers. Our Mission Is To Spread Positive Values and Inspiring Stories of Entrepreneurship.If you look at any modern organization, you’ll find that Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Finance have all been transformed in recent years by software that allows teams to move faster and measure the effectiveness of their activity. For all of the improvements that developers have brought other industries—in the form of efficiency, visibility, and metrics—very has been done to offer that same level of visibility into software engineering.GitPrime realized that the software industry can benefit these same kinds of data-powered insights. Software engineering is overdue for a new level of understanding through visibility and meaningful metrics.GitPrime is transforming software development by bring unprecedented transparency and meaningful metrics to the software teams around the globe. Itunes Link: apple.co/2cBxzXsSubscribe: www.blubrry.com/positivephil/Stitcher Radio: bit.ly/2c9czHFCheck Out Our Guests….www.positivephilshow.com

Today we are talking to Travis Kimmel, the Founder and CEO of GitPrime. And we discuss the difference in leadership for sales and engineering, recognizing patterns of success, and the importance of having an established culture as you begin to scale the company. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!

Randy Shoup talks with SE-Radio’s Travis Kimmel about how to scale technology and organizations together, so that an organization can move faster as they grow (and not slow down). Their discussion covers how to effectively scale culture, process...

Travis Kimmel talks with Johnathan Nightingale about scaling engineering management. Their discuss when to hire additional engineering managers and how to set them up for success, how leaders can prepare for “growing pains” as an organization scales,

Johnathan Nightingale talks with SE Radio host Travis Kimmel about scaling engineering management. Their conversation covers: how and when to hire engineering managers; how to onboard, train and plan for their growth; compensations reviews and promotions; advice for new managers, and what to expect at different management levels. Related links Johnathan and Melissa Nightingale’s and […]

For the final show of 2018 I’m talking with Travis Kimmel, the CEO of GitPrime. Travis has spent years as an engineering manager. Travis’s mission at GitPrime is to bring crystal clear visibility into the software development process and bridge the communication gap between engineering and stakeholders. This communication gap is often an ongoing plague in product development lifecycle. We talked through focus, tech debt, leading teams, predictability, and more.

For the final show of 2018 I’m talking with Travis Kimmel, the CEO of GitPrime. Travis has spent years as an engineering manager. Travis’s mission at GitPrime is to bring crystal clear visibility into the software development process and bridge the communication gap between engineering and stakeholders. This communication gap is often an ongoing plague in product development lifecycle. We talked through focus, tech debt, leading teams, predictability, and more.

Travis Kimmel talks with Lara Hogan and Deepa Subramaniam about evidence-based tactics that product and engineering leaders can use to can use to diagnose problems that are holding back their teams, and build healthier, high-performing organizations.

Travis Kimmel talks with Lara Hogan and Deepa Subramaniam about evidence-based tactics that leaders can use to increase clarity and build healthier, high-performing organizations. Their conversation covers: diagnosing and treating problems that are slowing product, design, and engineering teams; “organization smells”; clarifying roles and responsibilities; improving documentation; facilitating better meetings; improving inter and intra-team dynamics. […]

Travis Kimmel is the CEO and one of the co-founders of GitPrime. A company that provides data to help software engineering teams measure and improve productivity. Said another way, if a developer is stuck, it is often difficult to tell if they are just busy working on a problem or if they are stuck on a problem and need help. GitPrime helps managers identify when a developer might be stuck. Disrupting a developer to ask them if they are stuck can be very expensive since they are often deep into the problem they working on. When you interrupt the developer, they need to take time to get back into the problem and this can be very expensive especially at scale.GitPrime's hope to add some objectivity to team conversations so they move out of the realm of opinions. They are very careful to acknowledge that it is the combination of data and soft skills that help teams jump into the zone of high productivity and performance. The primary thing a team needs to do is make good decisions and GitPrime is helping software teams make better decisions.Travis and his partner, Ben Thompson, noticed that there was an industry-wide problem. They had both experienced the problem. They are now working to be part of the infrastructure for the software industry. They are solving a problem they had. At the time of the interview, Travis felt like he was building a very strong team. He credits that to focusing on people strengths. Let people do what they are really good at.More recently he and his team have been focusing on doing a better job of onboarding. He describes onboarding like trying to climb on top of the car from a motorbike. In the early days, they would put people in positions and tell them to figure it out. Now that they are more established, they have solved more problems and try to onboard team members much better.For Travis and his team, they recognize that being explicit is very important for high performing teams and data is a subset of that. Data is one path to being explicit. This approach to being explicit even translates into how Travis and his partner Ben run their company. From the beginning, they have always been very open/explicit with each other. Putting issues on the table in a kind and respectful way and not letting it fester. Travis sees this as a very important to maintain the long-term relationship between him and his co-founder.The three takeaways a glean from my conversation with Travis are:When you start a company with someone, you are signing up to be in the foxhole with that person for about 10 years. As a result, you need to be very open. You need to be very explicit. You need to protect the dynamic that made you go into business together.You need to understand that an idea is only a small part of it all and it is mostly execution.If your user doesn’t understand the software is not their fault. It is your design.

Travis Kimmel is the CEO and one of the co-founders of GitPrime. A company that provides data to help software engineering teams measure and improve productivity. Said another way, if a developer is stuck, it is often difficult to tell if they are just busy working on a problem or if they are stuck on a problem and need help. GitPrime helps managers identify when a developer might be stuck. Disrupting a developer to ask them if they are stuck can be very expensive since they are often deep into the problem they working on. When you interrupt the developer, they need to take time to get back into the problem and this can be very expensive especially at scale.GitPrime's hope to add some objectivity to team conversations so they move out of the realm of opinions. They are very careful to acknowledge that it is the combination of data and soft skills that help teams jump into the zone of high productivity and performance. The primary thing a team needs to do is make good decisions and GitPrime is helping software teams make better decisions.Travis and his partner, Ben Thompson, noticed that there was an industry-wide problem. They had both experienced the problem. They are now working to be part of the infrastructure for the software industry. They are solving a problem they had. At the time of the interview, Travis felt like he was building a very strong team. He credits that to focusing on people strengths. Let people do what they are really good at.More recently he and his team have been focusing on doing a better job of onboarding. He describes onboarding like trying to climb on top of the car from a motorbike. In the early days, they would put people in positions and tell them to figure it out. Now that they are more established, they have solved more problems and try to onboard team members much better.For Travis and his team, they recognize that being explicit is very important for high performing teams and data is a subset of that. Data is one path to being explicit. This approach to being explicit even translates into how Travis and his partner Ben run their company. From the beginning, they have always been very open/explicit with each other. Putting issues on the table in a kind and respectful way and not letting it fester. Travis sees this as a very important to maintain the long-term relationship between him and his co-founder.The three takeaways a glean from my conversation with Travis are:When you start a company with someone, you are signing up to be in the foxhole with that person for about 10 years. As a result, you need to be very open. You need to be very explicit. You need to protect the dynamic that made you go into business together.You need to understand that an idea is only a small part of it all and it is mostly execution.If your user doesn’t understand the software is not their fault. It is your design.

Travis Kimmel and Kevin Goldsmith discuss the correspondence between organizational design and software architecture. Their conversation covers: what Conway’s Law is; Kevin’s experiences in different organizational structures (e.g., Avvo, Spotify, Adobe, and Microsoft) and how those structures influenced the software architecture; what the “Reverse Conway Maneuver” is and how organizations can leverage it; how organizations can evolve existing architectures.

Travis Kimmel talks with Kevin Goldsmith about the correspondence between organizational design and software architecture. Their conversation covers: what Conway’s Law is; Kevin’s experiences in different organizational structures (e.g., Avvo, Spotify, Adobe, and Microsoft) and how those structures influenced the software architecture; what the “Reverse Conway Maneuver” is and how organizations can leverage it; how […]

Travis Kimmel, CEO of GitPrime (https://gitprime.com) stops by the People Stack to talk about how poor quality requirements can brain damage engineers, meeting schedules can burn hours, and how bringing more data to discussions around productivity can help. Travis also reflects on how his perspective changed as GitPrime grew. Special Guest: Travis Kimmel.

Kishore Bhatia talks with Travis Kimmel about Engineering Impact: In the age of data-driven decision making, how does one go about measuring, communicating, and improving engineering productivity? We’ll learn from Travis’ experience building data analytics tools in this space, with insights and best practices for engineering teams and business stakeholders for measuring value and productivity.

Kishore Bhatia talks with Travis Kimmel on software engineering measuring, communicating and improving engineering productivity, and challenging the widespread belief that engineering is an art. Their conversation covers: measuring engineering impact; key performance indicators (KPIs); development metrics; challenges in building a delivery pipeline with metrics; implementing feedback loops; the key metrics that most engineering teams […]

Travis Kimmel, the CEO of Gitprime, and I discuss the power of using data to help make better decisions and improve your team’s productivity.

We’re taking this week off; If you’re in the US, you’re celebrating Thanksgiving.  If you’re not in the US, you can still give thanks — Listen to one of our favorite episodes from the archives:  Quantifying Engineering w. Travis Kimmel of Gitprime.Travis Kimmel is the CEO of GitPrime.  GitPrime analyzes a team’s codebase to quantify engineering progress. They make it easy to identify engineers who are stuck or bogged down with refactoring and quantify the amount of effort spent paying down technical debt.Find Travis on Twitter at @traviskimmel.