I'm relatively young in my career, <5 years experience. I did a year at a company that forced me into meetings and planning for huge chunks of the day, nearly e

I'm relatively young in my career, <5 years experience. I did a year at a company that forced me into meetings and planning for huge chunks of the day, nearly every day. It really made me develop a hatred for agile and all the process bullshit. Recently this year I switched to a job that gives me hard problems to solve and turns me loose on them. I still need to attend standup and planning meetings but management is very hands off and respects my time. My productivity and love for my job has multiplied incredibly. I think management can be a force multiplier or a complete anchor depending on their attitude. Some people need to be managed to be kept on task but for a lot of us who have a love for programming a hands off approach is much better in my opinion.