> I sat through a particularly useless meeting the other week with a meeting screen full of other devs – oddly, it was initiated by a tech lead on a different t

> I sat through a particularly useless meeting the other week with a meeting screen full of other devs – oddly, it was initiated by a tech lead on a different team. This is a red flag. What type of org / culture would allow this to happen? Fact: Wasteful pointless meetings don't only plague developers. They plague everyone, if not society itself. - No agenda? Red flag. - No clear takeaways / going forward expectations (i.e., "X with do ___. Y will do ___...")? Red flag. - No decision / progress? Red flag. - No minutes (read: something trusted that let's non-attendees catch up)? Red flag. - Most are complicit & complacent with shite meetings? Red flag! Consistently sloppy meetings are a nearly perfect proxy for: 1) lack of training (i.e., ultimately is a leadership issue) 2) lack of trust (i.e., the more need for CYA, the more ppl invited) 3) micromanaging (in the sense that managers don't allow their direct reports to show up and participate; instead the manager must be there). -- Being a developer has nothing to do with this plague. Flow switching effects everyone. In fact, presenting it as a niche issue dilutes the argument for more productive meetings *for all*. p.s. If I had $20 for every waste of my time meeting I'd have Bezo's money, perhaps even Musk money.