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Re:Always Be Quitting by MattGaiser on Thursday June 10, 2021 @01:04AM (#27456854)
I have personally done it to fend on a project manager or two or to make sure that I don't misunderstand anything with a deadline someone is hounding me for.

For some reason "I am meeting with X to address it" sounds better than "I am reading Y to address it." Not sure why. Just something I have noticed.

So in my case it is office politics.

Reading documentation/writing documentation is not considered quite as productive work.

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Re:Always Be Quitting by HWR_14 on Thursday June 10, 2021 @02:20AM (#27457438)
> Reading documentation/writing documentation is not considered quite as productive work.

Wait, what? I always found reading documentation to be one of the more productive uses of my time.

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Re:Always Be Quitting by MattGaiser on Thursday June 10, 2021 @04:23AM (#27458313)
What you or I think it not relevant. It is what the person who signs my paycheque thinks.
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Re:Always Be Quitting by rytis on Thursday June 10, 2021 @04:16AM (#27458266)
You, yes. But do your superiors think the same? Usually it goes - "well, read if you must, but better do some real work". Unfortunately.
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