How do you balance writing code with constant meetings?

Re:How do you balance writing code with constant meetings? by CinematicStudio on Thursday April 01, 2021 @07:11AM (#26658928)

I would suggest you simply find another place to work.

By reading your post, I don't think you'll really be satisfied here -- I think this will be a recurring theme, and will slowly drain you out. Most managers seem to not get this at all -- we programmers HATE meetings, and unless it's ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY necessary, I'd rather be left out of all meetings.

I HATE meetings, the most I can muster is 2 meetings/week (scrum). Right now, I have my own business, and even when I meet with contractors, I still very seldom have more than 2 meetings/week.

This is one of the reasons I left a job a few years back - 2 meetings/day, it was simply driving me insane.

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Re:How do you balance writing code with constant meetings? by 100011_100001 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @12:11PM (#26662406)

This is somewhat tangential but how did you go from writing code to having your own business? I am always curious how the transition happens.

I actually like working here. I brought the meetings thing up with an upper manager that my manager reports to. He actually feels this is a problem that needs to be solved better in the whole company. But those things sometimes lead nowhere.

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Re:How do you balance writing code with constant meetings? by CinematicStudio on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:00PM (#26665305)

I've always hated big companies, because of the red tape/politics. I've slowly gravitated to freelancing/working from home, and I've been doing it (WFH) since roughly 2003.

I've lately had a client almost for 10 years, and towards the end, I really really wanted to create my own product. I won't bore you with the details, but it's a video editor and I will launch it in about 1 month.

I have saved up enough money to last for 1 year no matter what happens. So it's a risk -- it may or may not pan out.

If it doesn't, I'll go back to consulting.

Coming back to meetings: with this client, I had 2 meetings/week, I didn't really enjoy it, but on the plus side, they were very thorough (the meetings were very short, 15-30 minutes)

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