I personally don't even apply to jobs if I know they're going to have a daily standup. This because I prefer to work at night; by the time the standup occurs,

I personally don't even apply to jobs if I know they're going to have a daily standup. This because I prefer to work at night; by the time the standup occurs, I want to be home in bed. I don't have a problem making a weekly meeting, no matter what time it is. Keep an eye on code checkins, how many bugs are marked resolved and by who, as well as how many really end up closed by QA. Some managers don't do this with the result that when coders are running into trouble, and either are unwilling or don't know to ask for help, it's way too late by the time management finds out. Have a look at the Portland Patter Repository at http://c2.com/ http://c2.com/ I recommend the Team Software Project book, I think it's by Watts Humphreys of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute.