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> the same kind of engineer Who? There are millions of software engineers around the world. It's quite likely that they have a few different opinions and poin

> the same kind of engineer Who? There are millions of software engineers around the world. It's quite likely that they have a few different opinions and point of views!

moralestapia 6mo ago
But it is written there, and GP was quite specific: >the same kind of engineer, who throughout my career have constantly bitched and moaned about team meetings, agile ceremonies, issue trackers, backlogs, slack, emails, design reviews, and anything else that disrupted the hours of coding "flow state" they claimed as their most essential and sacred activity Seems pretty clear to me.
- robertlagrant 6mo ago
  I doubt the GP has gone back through their career and checked on each person who thought there were too many meetings have now all made the switched they're being accused of, though.
  - moralestapia 6mo ago
    Why does that matter?
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    - goatlover 6mo ago
      Because a claim was made about a group of people.
      - moralestapia 6mo ago
        Exactly. Does it matter if one member of that class does not follow the trend?
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        martin- 6mo ago
        No, but no-one said that. It's far more likely that this "group" of people doesn't even exist, and it's yet another case of treating "strangers on the internet" or "other people" as one person and being upset when that "person" is being inconsistent.
        moralestapia 6mo ago
        robertlagrant 2026-05-06T13:44:40 1778075080 "I doubt the GP has gone back through their career and checked on each person who thought there were too many meetings have now all made the switched they're being accused of, though." Anyway, I'm stopping this now as it's not a constructive conversation anymore. Let's agree to disagree.
        biggoodwolf 5mo ago
        Groups exist
        robertlagrant 5mo ago
        My point being that it's unlikely that it's that way round. It's more likely that there's no actual trend, and there are one or two that have done it and they've just extrapolated.
Supermancho 6mo ago
https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ - search for "actual work" This has long been a topic on HN.

> the same kind of engineer Who? There are millions of software engineers around the world. It's quite likely that they have a few different opinions and point of views!

moralestapia 6mo ago

But it is written there, and GP was quite specific: >the same kind of engineer, who throughout my career have constantly bitched and moaned about team meetings, agile ceremonies, issue trackers, backlogs, slack, emails, design reviews, and anything else that disrupted the hours of coding "flow state" they claimed as their most essential and sacred activity Seems pretty clear to me.

robertlagrant 6mo ago
I doubt the GP has gone back through their career and checked on each person who thought there were too many meetings have now all made the switched they're being accused of, though.
- moralestapia 6mo ago
  Why does that matter?
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    [deleted]
  - goatlover 6mo ago
    Because a claim was made about a group of people.
    - moralestapia 6mo ago
      Exactly. Does it matter if one member of that class does not follow the trend?
      - deleted 6mo ago
        [deleted]
      - martin- 6mo ago
        No, but no-one said that. It's far more likely that this "group" of people doesn't even exist, and it's yet another case of treating "strangers on the internet" or "other people" as one person and being upset when that "person" is being inconsistent.
        moralestapia 6mo ago
        robertlagrant 2026-05-06T13:44:40 1778075080 "I doubt the GP has gone back through their career and checked on each person who thought there were too many meetings have now all made the switched they're being accused of, though." Anyway, I'm stopping this now as it's not a constructive conversation anymore. Let's agree to disagree.
        biggoodwolf 5mo ago
        Groups exist
      - robertlagrant 5mo ago
        My point being that it's unlikely that it's that way round. It's more likely that there's no actual trend, and there are one or two that have done it and they've just extrapolated.

Supermancho 6mo ago

https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ - search for "actual work" This has long been a topic on HN.