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schedule 20 hours of meetings per week Have had this problem so much. The problem is managers and analysts are productive through meetings. Software Engineers
by 300bps 4y ago
schedule 20 hours of meetings per week
Have had this problem so much. The problem is managers and analysts are productive through meetings.
Software Engineers are productive in blocks of 4-6 hours of focused concentration. Many managers don't realize this and forward FYI meeting invites to developers all day long.
- domador 4y agoA relevant essay: Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html (It's by Paul Graham, but I won't assume everyone on Hacker News has read it.)
- ipaddr 4y agoJust ask if you should be focusing on anything other than your important project and if they could help with the communication around pushing the deadline out a day to attend this meeting. Or just skip it and say you are working on x or y.