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Easily burn ~70% of my time in meetings or in between meetings where there isn't enough time to get focused. Is this "working"? Doesn't feel like it. In a "good

by jcomis 7y ago

Easily burn ~70% of my time in meetings or in between meetings where there isn't enough time to get focused. Is this "working"? Doesn't feel like it. In a "good" one hour meeting I might have one important interaction or clarification that comes up. I do understand it's difficult to identify these things outside of the meeting however. I get 95% of my work done in two or three 3 hour deep works block per week. The remaining 5% happens when free time arises randomly and is usually trivial work. I definitely strive to get everything done that is "required" and also strive to get this done in a typical 40 hour week.

wdfx 7y ago
In my last job I was doing something like this, and over time it felt that I was in an important role - being senior and able to attend meetings apart from the rest of the team to make the occasional decision. Now I'm back at coding 80% or so and actually feel much more productive, more important to the team and have a lot less stress.