[matthewmacleod]

jobs like "scrum master", that literally seek to destroy developer time.

We can’t really ever hope to make progress with improving productivity or work environments if people contribute to be this reductive.

A “scrum master” role does obviously not “literally seek to destroy developer time” - it’s a patently ludicrous assumption. But if you are in a situation where this is happening - rather, where a “scrum master” role is getting in the way of work - then it does point to something else going wrong in your organisation.

[axaxs]

So, I didn't mean to offend anyone, only speaking from my experience.

I feel most jobs, at some companies in some situations, are absolutely justified. The problem is that then every company thinks they need to follow suit, and it ends up being a giant time sink. I'd wager most scrum masters are viewed by their team as a net negative (my opinion). But of course no person whose job acts as a hindrance will admit as much.