[tboyd47]

Meetings are mostly counterproductive. Everyone knows that and any good manager will aggressively eliminate them for you.

As for agile ceremonies, some of them are needed for smooth operation of the team. Some of them are pure fluff. A good manager will know the difference and make real-time adjustments to the process to find the balance. A team of 7 doesn't need to spend more than 4 hours a week in meetings.

Back-and-forth is a result of poorly worded AC or people not reading the AC. Sometimes it can be avoided, sometimes not.

You just need to understand that in corporate jobs, you're on a team. Everyone works for a paycheck just like you, so there's a social give-and-take that must take place.