How much of our work in this business is just useless theater? I couldn't stand working in a place where it was a significant portion of work. But it is probab

How much of our work in this business is just useless theater? I couldn't stand working in a place where it was a significant portion of work. But it is probably unavoidable to some degree. I see that code reviews for newcomers' commits often have these elements: First review: "you did X. That's not smart. Do Y instead." The new employee goes back to rework their commit. Second review: "you did Y. That's not smart. Do X instead." After a few weeks / months it starts getting reasonable. It's not as extreme, and it's well disguised in friendly demeanor, but there's still some similarities to what it was like in the army "boot camp".