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Inevitably, the "no meetings, no interruptions" devs are the same people complaining they don't have a voice in the larger org and that business doesn't care ab
by hashkb 5y ago
Inevitably, the "no meetings, no interruptions" devs are the same people complaining they don't have a voice in the larger org and that business doesn't care about their opinions. But no, they can't do a weekly 30 minute standing meeting.
Edit: and they'll happily point out the hypocrisy of the sales, marketing, and executive teams on coffee walks.
- commandlinefan 5y ago> weekly 30 minute standing meeting. I've been doing 30 minute standing meetings pretty much every day since the XP folks coined the term "stand up", which was about 20 years ago. Every single one has consisted of the boss talking for 28 minutes (sometimes back and forth with one team member) while everybody else stands around, followed by, "ok, does anybody else have anything?" If anybody says yes, it's "we're almost out of time for this meeting, so let's take it offline". 20 years, five different employers, exact same experience every time, every day. Human psychology doesn't fit this structure the way you want it to.
- hashkb 5y agoSorry you had five bad bosses. I'm talking about standing strategy meetings, not stand-ups.