Giving Back: Travis CI’s Charitable Giving in 2014

One of my core beliefs is that a business needs to care about more than just their customers and their people. They need to care for the local environment they work in, and they need to care about people (in their local area if possible) less fortunate than them. It’s part of being an ethical business. A healthy business shouldn’t be about hoarding money, it should be about doing good with it.

Reading List 2014

2014 has been a good year of reading for me, and below is the list of books I’ve read and a bit of commentary on each. As you’ll notice, I’ve been focusing on leadership, management and the likes a lot, the area where I still have so much to learn and where I’m thankful for some of the books that shed light on how other companies have handled the hard bits of building and growing a business.

From Open (Unlimited) to Minimum Vacation Policy

When Travis CI turned into a business with employees, one of our ideas was to not constrain people in how much time they take off for vacations. We didn’t track the days people were taking off, and as the people running the company, we didn’t actively encourage people to take times off. In short, we had an open vacation policy.