We typically accomplish everything we need in less than 5 hours of meetings per week. Most of our engineers get to spend nearly all day actually writing code.

We typically accomplish everything we need in less than 5 hours of meetings per week. Most of our engineers get to spend nearly all day actually writing code. An average week is 2.5 hours of "core" meetings * 1.5 hours - 30 minute "standup" 3 days per week. Skip the BS status updates. Planning, team discussions, etc all happen in this timeframe. * 30 minutes of retro (1 hour biweekly) * 30 minutes of 1:1 We generally keep planning meetings pretty light. A _really_ heavy week will be 10 hours of planning. A light week will be 1 or 2 hours talking about an upcoming feature. Everything else happens by individuals, asynchronously.