> From your experience of a dev, not a non-dev who manage devs? Noted. Would you take my experience as a dev who went into management, then returned to IC work

> From your experience of a dev, not a non-dev who manage devs? Noted. Would you take my experience as a dev who went into management, then returned to IC work? I can't claim to speak for every company. I've only worked at 4 over the past 15 years, but I can only think of one where I'd raise eyebrows in standup if I reported not making progress on my ticket due to meetings, and that's because I'd have to explain how I managed to find that many meetings to attend (they were big on not hitting devs with too many meetings, and were actually good at it). For the rest it'd get an understanding grimace and an expression of hope that today's better.