I am always posting provoking post on my Linkedin, and I have decided to replicate those here. Let’s socialize!

Some people say that developers don’t like meetings, well, that’s not really true. I appreciate being in the decision-maker meetings.

When we say we don’t like meetings what we really mean is:

• “We dislike inefficiency.”
• “we dislike poorly planned meetings.”
• “We dislike poorly executed meetings.”
• “We dislike not keeping our promises.”
• “We dislike missing our team iteration deadline.”
• “We dislike not getting enough time to do our job.”

Having work done for developers and managers follows a different process:

• Managers get stuff done through meetings.
• Developers and other creators need 3-4 hour blocks of time to get work done.
• For a Dev, a single meeting at the wrong time can disrupt their entire day of work.

For everyone who has your work done through meetings, beware that the meeting might be for you and you will get work done, so you’re probably feeling great. Your team probably did not get work done and might not be feeling as great.

Developers are nice creatures and also feel great if they contributed to your work and for the company success. Just make sure they are required for those meetings.

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