Omar Morales, the Founding Engineering Manager at Chessly, a highly anticipated new chess learning platform, has an interesting story of how he and his friend Levy created their website gotham-chess.com. Omar initially thought they could improve the process by building a website that hosted all video files instead of having people download them manually. The idea evolved into taking things to the next level and creating Chessly, which aims to make chess learning more interactive and engaging. Building a chess learning site is important to Omar because he believes it helps people think critically and applies to life, much like a chess board. He has adapted to his managerial role by adapting to new challenges and emphasizes quality in engineering, encouraging team members to voice their opinions. Omar recommends exercising daily as a habit that has changed his productivity and work-life for the better. A simple setup of an environment can encourage more activity, and he swears by using one monitor, which helps him focus on the task at hand. Jira is his go-to tool in his work as an engineering leader, providing visibility into team activities and helping plan out days, weeks, and months.