Your company generally pays you to deliver results and not sit in meetings. Even if you can provide useful insight in the meeting or may be necessary for the m

Your company generally pays you to deliver results and not sit in meetings. Even if you can provide useful insight in the meeting or may be necessary for the meeting - if there is no one available to pick up the result then there is no value in the meeting. As you increase seniority, identifying the right balance will become more difficult. However unless you plan on switching to manager it's absolutely critical to take time out for hands on time.