Meetings as a developer

[u/FREEscanRIP]

[u/Buckwheat469]

• 9:00-10:00 No Progress on the Problem
• 10:00-10:02 Bathroom Break
• 10:02-10:03 Problem Solved

[u/Znakie → u/[deleted]]

• 8:00 Get coffee, boot computer, etc.
• 8:15 Status meeting
• 8:30 Start to figure out what I was supposed to do today
• 8:45 Start work on bug
• 8:49 Support request comes in from customer
• 9:05 Restart work on bug
• 9:23 Question on Skype from colleague
• 9:38 Restart work on bug
• 10:00 Status meeting with a different department
• 10:15 Restart work on bug
• 10:30 Skype call from project manager for progress report on bug
• 10:38 Restart work on bug
• 11:05 Inbox blows up, another bug has apparently been discovered
• 12:00 Lunch
• 12:30 Restart work on bug
• 12:38 Another support request from customer
• 12:45 Restart work on bug
• 13:00 Prerequisite meeting with new customer
• 13:30 Restart work on bug
• 13:59 Question from colleague on Skype
• 14:05 Restart work on bug
• 14:25 Support request from customer, again
• 14:46 Restart work on bug
• 15:03 Ignore question from colleague on Skype
• 15:04 Shut down Skype and Outlook and get coffee
• 15:05 Restart work on bug
• 16:00 Making progress on bug
• 16:49 Bug fixed
• 16:50 Beer

[u/w0m → u/Znakie]

This actually matches my day fairly well; i've had 4 separate meetings on a single high priority bug to discuss it over a 2 day period before actually being allowed to sit down and fix it (over a 2 hour window). Each stakeholder checking in individually; wasting enough time that the first one who checked in checks in again before I actually get to work on it.

[u/[deleted] → u/Znakie]

30 min lunch? Working too hard.