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Because it makes it too easy people to ask questions that they could have answered on their own if they'd has to stand up from their desk, walk down the hall to
by huffmsa 6y ago
Because it makes it too easy people to ask questions that they could have answered on their own if they'd has to stand up from their desk, walk down the hall to my office, knock on the door and obviously disrupt whatever I'm doing.
In an open office all they have to do is vaguely wave their hand in the corner of my vision with "hey just a quick question" that inevitably turns into a 15 minute product revision meeting.
- matsemann 6y agoSounds like that discussion was needed, to me..
- huffmsa 6y agoYeah, except it happens every other day and all you do is "revise the product" and never build or ship the product. It's a one way express train to feature creep. It often doesn't involve all of the stakeholders, so then you're having multiple 15 minute meetings to get everyone in sync. Meetings are for meeting, not meetings are for shutting up and doing your assigned work.
- matsemann 6y ago> not meetings are for shutting up and doing your assigned work Like a mindless drone? Or are you advocating for more meetings?
- huffmsa 6y agoI'm saying timebox discussion like anything else. Have discussions regularly, but in a scheduled manner. Meetings suck because people aren't prepared / the meeting isn't scoped or well defined. They don't suck "just because". Treat your meetings just like any other assignments. Clearly define it and expect people to have their shit together. Then you don't have to have discussions all the time and you can actually execute on what's been discussed and planned.
- tanseydavid 6y ago>> Like a mindless drone? Mindless drones do not get assigned software development work. It is thinking-work by its very nature.