Micromanagement is usually on the extreme end and is usually bad. However, hand holding, when the developer needs a variable level of managing and overseeing, i

Micromanagement is usually on the extreme end and is usually bad. However, hand holding, when the developer needs a variable level of managing and overseeing, is quite normal and usually reduces the variance of the produced work. You could say that micromanagement is the extreme form of hand holding. And the truth is that most of the developers need that. Some can be assigned a relatively abstract problem and they find the solution (by finding who to talk to, etc). While some needs a fair share of requirements gathering etc done for them, or they struggle to convert a large milestone to reasonable small tasks. That's ok, you just need to recognize it handle accordingly. >>> any of the other major employers around here would be any better major as in employing a large number of employees? Sometimes you can find happiness in a company of a dozen employees :)