I was once asked what my philosophy was by a more senior manager. Didn't give him a good answer.

The interaction lead me to think about what I was doing as a manager. Over time I've been working on developing and explaining my own style.

Today I try to balance across 3 things: people, business, and technology.

I wrote about it here if you're curious: https://www.mrbluebear.com/triforce-of-engineering-managemen...

Is there anything out there close to what you're describing?

Anything specific you want to accomplish for maximum team impact?

For example, are there metrics you're trying to hit, or are you trying to ship as many projects on time?

Great question. Mostly the latter. We are using GitPrime to track some basic metrics, but don't have anything structured that we're tracking outside of their measurements.

We have trouble estimating how long projects will take, which seems to roll up into failing to adequately spec or appropriately chunk the projects we take on.

Improving my project management skills and revisiting our processes for how we prepare for a project are both high on my "to figure out" list.

how have you used it?

Wish I had taken better care of my eyes.

How long have you been at it?

How?

Probably having the screen too close to his eyes. I know one problem for me is that my screens are just past the point where I can see without glasses, but it's probably not a good idea to use glasses when the screen is only a foot and a half away so I can relate to the parent. My room/desk setup also doesn't allow for me to rearrange this to make my screens closer to not need glasses. Guess I'll see how much this affects me in a few years lol

I've been on computers for lots of time since I was 12 years old. My rule of thumb has always been, keep the screen at least an arm length away from my face. I have 20/20 vision. (Knock on wood... I've definitely increased screen time the past year.)

I have many articles written on software management. They document my journey as a new engineering manager. I also write down what my other friends deal with as managers/tech leads. It's amazing to see what everyone has to think about and how events could possibly unfold behind every decision.

They're all sitting on my laptop, but I worry about keeping topics separate from our employers. I want to keep things classy.

If you've got suggestions how to approach this, let me know.

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I've looked over hundreds of resumes and it's never hurt the candidate for submitting 1 or 2 pages.

If it takes the applicant 2 pages to convince me they're worth the time to talk to, then that's fine.

Maybe try https://www.statuspage.io/ ?

Right now, I think it's best you stay and try to turn things around. I don't think I can give you more concrete advice just based on your description so far.

I lead a team of engineers too - email me (in my profile) if you want to chat in person or Skype. I'd be more than happy to listen and discuss your situation.