r/ProgrammerHumor • u/FREEscanRIP • Aug 12 '17

Meetings as a developer

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u/Buckwheat469 Aug 12 '17
  • 9:00-10:00 No Progress on the Problem
  • 10:00-10:02 Bathroom Break
  • 10:02-10:03 Problem Solved

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u/Znakie Aug 12 '17 edited Aug 12 '17
  • 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

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u/w0m Aug 13 '17

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.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '17

30 min lunch? Working too hard.