[JTbane]

I took a look at my manager's calendar once and it was nightmarish. 8 hours of straight planning meetings, some of which overlap.

And us boots-on-the-ground devs tend to largely ignore what management plans, as we actually know what is and isn't possible with the libraries we're allowed to use and the time allotted.

[mrguyorama]

I've been in plenty of those meetings. It's ten minutes of content stretched into one whole hour of assholes patting themselves on the back, cargo culting jargon, asking the same questions they asked the previous day, not listening when you answer their questions, asking for magic and being confused when it doesn't happen, assuming hard things are easy and complaining when obvious problems arise, especially if you warned them previously, claiming you aren't doing enough to "show value", and just wasting time.

The project I'm working on has been "behind schedule" for months, is super time sensitive, and I've just been ripped away from it to do a completely different, important, time sensitive project. My manager STILL complained when I didn't show up to TWO DAYS of "Agile training" that was just watching useless powerpoint presentations about how "the SCRUM MASTER" serves everyone and is a magical being that "provides value" and other pointless Rally As Agile cargo cult.

Heaven's sake, the agile manifesto is like 100 words!