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Tangential, but how many of us need a dedicated work time period at all? I have a 15 minute standup every day, an hour long 1 on 1 once every two weeks, and th
by MattGaiser 5y ago
Tangential, but how many of us need a dedicated work time period at all?
I have a 15 minute standup every day, an hour long 1 on 1 once every two weeks, and the occasional meeting where I am genuinely needed and maybe 3 hours talking to another developer.
I would love to convert my job into a purely objectives driven thing with the only requirement being that I am online/in the office for those specific 5 or so hours a week.
I will take the risk that what I think takes a week of work runs over (forcing me to work on weekends) in exchange for that kind of flexibility.
- hypnoscripto 5y agoThat’s basically my life and it’s fantastic. I work 12 timezones away from my colleagues. Get real work done while they are asleep, stay up for occasional meetings, scheduled in advance. I usually take two tickets at once, so if I get stuck and need help, I can switch to the other ticket until someone who can help me is awake.
- MattGaiser 5y agoI admittedly did this a few weeks during the pandemic. Worked through the night, attended standup, and then slept and went about my day, answering Slack stuff in the late afternoon. So productive.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoOn the other hand, I have 4-5 hours of meetings a day, often in scarce overlap hours between timezones. Having to take 10 different random schedules into account would be hell. Sure, people could just work flexibly to accommodate the necessary meetings, but I'm my experience, that just leads to people being on call for 10-12 hours a day with no regular schedule. In every company I have been part of, workers who didn't need dedicated work times simply didn't keep them. It is only becomes an issue if it doesn't work.