[tekla]

Stop equating engineers with web developers. Some engineers go to meetings because coordinating complex projects is hard. I really didn't like 6 hour meetings, but when you have a expensive engine project, you have to.

Why is this industry filled with children? If you are sure you don't need to be in a meeting, decline. Why do these children need blog posts to be a bare minimum adult?

[diracs_stache]

I'm guessing you're in in automotive or aerospace based off the engine piece. I agree, but I would presume a day long meeting leading up to a wind-tunnel test for example would have a full agenda of presentations based off simulations performed, set-up/teardown overview, scheme of testing to be performed, facility status, emergencies, data acquisition, etc. For this all the relevant teams would expect to have significant engagement and contributions. I think this is different from what people complain about. I work in satellite ops and we suffer from those types of issues (unnecessary stand-ups, status reports that could be an email etc.) despite the need to sober up and have runs where it's a lot closer to the former than the latter.