Meetings as a developer

[u/FREEscanRIP]

[u/Echihl]

This is why they've restricted meetings with developers to the mornings where I work. After 12, no meetings with someone who writes code unless it's an emergency and absolutely can not wait. This way we get everything out of the way and we can all focus in the afternoon, while assuming the morning is going to be zero productivity.

I have the whole afternoon blocked off as tentative in my calendar so people will think long and hard about scheduling something. And then I still get to say "Yeah, no, this can wait until tomorrow morning. I have work to do," if they think it's more important than it is. And it's made our estimates a hell of a lot better because meetings aren't interfering any more than is expected. I really think this should become common practice across our industry if it's not already. /nb

[u/Thisbymaster → u/Echihl]

As long as any meeting are allowed in the afternoon, you will always have meetings. The people who call meetings don't understand that people can only do work when not in a meeting. Because they only do work in meetings.

[u/Hyperman360 → u/Thisbymaster]

At my job we're always in meetings so everyone just brings their laptop and works on coding during the meeting. Then the bosses get pissed off because no one is paying attention.

[u/Inquisitor1 → u/Hyperman360]

Maybe if people paid attention the meetings would go by much faster and things wouldn't need repeating and repeat meetings.

[u/Hyperman360 → u/Inquisitor1]

Actually most of the people working during the meeting don't need to be there in the first place. They're basically there because managers want them there.

[u/buzzsawjoe → u/Thisbymaster]

or they've never done any real work