I use pushover.net to send my phone a push notification when something noteworthy happens. Just drop a little function in my trainer loop. Extremely useful and you can programmatically set the notification message so it’ll tell me what my numbers are when I’m at lunch or whatever.
This is fascinating; thanks for the insight
Get an eMBA from a T25 and try to get your employer to pay for it. Otherwise, I would not leave a good SWE job for it. Something to be aware of: engineering managers often don’t get MBAs. That area of management prefers technical experience. So you likely won’t need one if that’s what you’re aiming for.
My first job was like yours and looking back I can tell you for certain that you desperately need senior guidance more than you think you do (and preferably in person) and this company isn’t going to give you that. I’d just stick it out while applying elsewhere so you can get a job where you will get more attention. I know it feels bad to see all your work go to waste after all this time, but if that happens, it’s the fault of the company, not you. You asked for help, they didn’t provide it.
And, side note, projects get scrapped all the time; that’s the nature of R&D. You shouldn’t beat yourself up over it even if the project was going great. Unfortunately, that’s just how it goes sometimes.