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This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences.\n\nIn 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\n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n\u2022\tThere is lots of information about the \u201cstuff\u201d of engineering, but very little on the human processes of engineering\n\u2022\tWithout a data layer that gives insight into the process the manager needs to interrupt the flow of work to understand what\u2019s happening\n\u2022\tThe difficulty in running an engineering team is ensuring that the impulse to build is aligned with the overall business goals\n\u2022\tThe state of nature for engineering is a group of people building interesting things that make sense from a business value perspective \u2013 if any of these point stops being true then dysfunction creeps in\n\u2022\tThe 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\n\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2JNqpil\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2JNqpil