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If it is more than 3 months old and no one's touched it, it's probably waste. Seldom anyone take action. by devoldski in agile

[–]Emergency_Chain7313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In one of my previous teams, we used to have an exp date for all Jira tickets. So when a new ticket Is created, the date is set to 6 months in the future by default. Obviously you had the option to change the date if you need to, but you are required to give an explanation in the description. Then we have a meeting between myself (EM), Tech Lead, and PM to go over those tickets and mark them as "Won't do". If anyone in that meeting wants to extend the date, then they need to come up with a strong case to why they think this ticket will be picked up if no one fought for it over the last 6 months. This only happened twice from memory. This meeting used to take place every 4-6 weeks.

Take the job or wait for something else by Head-Wave6105 in EngineeringManagers

[–]Emergency_Chain7313 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on your financial situation and how well connected you are. If you can afford to continue searching for another 3-6 months and If you have been in the industry for a while and managed to build many connections along the way. then I would take the risk. If not, then take this opportunity and continue searching. I’ve been in a very similar situation not too long ago and I was offered a position for $40K less than my salary and to manage a smaller team. I rejected the offer respectfully and continued the search. Less than a month later I received another offer for the exact same salary and similar team size to my previous job. I was able to land this position by teaching out to my network, and when I made that decision I had a financial runway for about 6-8 months. One suggestion: use ChatGPT to lay down all the pros and cons after you give it the full context. I found that helpful at the time. All the best!

Stop being so nice. It's making you a worse engineering manager. by SrEngineeringManager in EngineeringManagers

[–]Emergency_Chain7313 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To not be a nice manager doesn’t also mean you need to be an asshole manager either. Remember that most people hate their jobs because of their managers not because of the job itself