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re: Inefficient Company Meetings Rant
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:12 am to Jcorye1
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:12 am to Jcorye1
Oh man. I am anti-video and that is a hill I will die on. Before Covid, we took phone calls. There was no expectation from someone who doesn't even employ me that they see me.
I will turn on my camera for professional things I'm leading/co-leading like webinar trainings or intro calls, but I don't turn on my camera for random questions that could have been a phone call. And I def don't turn it on for internal powwows with our team, as they are N/A to me 90% of the time and I'm only included because I think the team has no idea what I do.
I will turn on my camera for professional things I'm leading/co-leading like webinar trainings or intro calls, but I don't turn on my camera for random questions that could have been a phone call. And I def don't turn it on for internal powwows with our team, as they are N/A to me 90% of the time and I'm only included because I think the team has no idea what I do.
This post was edited on 6/3/24 at 10:14 am
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Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:15 am to WhiskeyThrottle
literally sitting in one of these now. Could have been over 30min ago but people keep running mouths to justify their existence. FFS 
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:16 am to WhiskeyThrottle
Developing software would drive me insane.
Sucks to be you.
Sucks to be you.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:19 am to LouisianaLady
100% truth.
Video is not needed. I've managed just fine without people seeing my face the last 5 years.
Video is not needed. I've managed just fine without people seeing my face the last 5 years.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:20 am to Dadren
quote:Iam working but my professional headshot in place of initials is better than having to dress up for a half hour meeting.
Are you working or naw?
I have a dress on and full makeup in my headshot. Husband has a suit on. That is not how we wfh.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:24 am to WhiskeyThrottle
We will have a meeting to plan another meeting.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:29 am to WhiskeyThrottle
I’m a network engineer. Each day I get called into some meeting with a DB admin or application owner claiming “firewall” or “load balancer” or “network”. Spend 5 minutes determining definitively that it isn’t any of those, demonstrate this to them, and spend another 30 minutes waiting on them to accept this fact and move on to the next step in troubleshooting.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:29 am to shavedmonkey
There's a decline button on meeting invites. Use it. There's also a comment section when you decline. Use it.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:29 am to WhiskeyThrottle
I have a saying:
MEETINGS ARE THE DEVIL
MEETINGS ARE THE DEVIL
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:44 am to Dawgfanman
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I’m a network engineer. Each day I get called into some meeting with a DB admin or application owner claiming “firewall” or “load balancer” or “network”. Spend 5 minutes determining definitively that it isn’t any of those, demonstrate this to them, and spend another 30 minutes waiting on them to accept this fact and move on to the next step in troubleshooting.
I get this entirely. My original discipline in IT was networking then I ultimately went into the dev side. We do get periodic networking issues, and those are generally more wide spread. If one aspect is failing, and not all, it's usually not networking. If everything in a related manner is failing, networking is then a possibility. But most of the time it is just software misbehaving. And I can concede that. I generally exhaust everything I can before getting Network or Security involved.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:48 am to madamsquirrel
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Iam working but my professional headshot in place of initials is better than having to dress up for a half hour meeting.
I have a dress on and full makeup in my headshot. Husband has a suit on. That is not how we wfh.
Why would you have to “dress up” like you look in your headshot, does your company have a dress code?
I’m usually just wearing a polo shirt and jeans.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:49 am to WhiskeyThrottle
quote:meetings. That’s it. Just the whole thing
What other things drive you insane in meetings?
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:50 am to WhiskeyThrottle
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We do get periodic networking issues, and those are generally more wide spread
It happens. But we monitor more than anyone else. If it is network, I know before the users/other IT people.
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If one aspect is failing, and not all, it's usually not networking. If everything in a related manner is failing, networking is then a possibility
Exactly
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I generally exhaust everything I can before getting Network or Security involved.
There are several people in our org who if they call/slack me I know they are pretty sure it is a problem I can assist with..but not most of them.
That said, I honestly don’t mind. I’ve become very skilled at leading groups of people in other disciplines thru troubleshooting their stuff and finding the problem.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 10:51 am to Dadren
Right because you are a guy. Even if I wear jeans and a nice top my hair takes much longer to fix and women normally wear makeup. One swipe with a comb and wash your face and men are good. It is not professional to have messy hair and no makeup on imo. Even if it is fine to you the headshot is much nicer and more polished.
This post was edited on 6/3/24 at 10:52 am
Posted on 6/3/24 at 11:10 am to WhiskeyThrottle
Anything with code takes time to figure out. Of course the users of the service you're coding have no idea. Whatever menial job they have is pretty easy to answer questions for.
I'd suggest developing a template for the end users to fill out beforehand. Also, when I Get outside of the code and need engineering support, I build a powerpoint that shows live data at the time of the issue. I present that to the support team so they have actual data and know what happened. It seems to help.
I'd suggest developing a template for the end users to fill out beforehand. Also, when I Get outside of the code and need engineering support, I build a powerpoint that shows live data at the time of the issue. I present that to the support team so they have actual data and know what happened. It seems to help.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 11:17 am to WhiskeyThrottle
Enjoy it now, when you are replaced by AI there will be no more meetings.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 11:53 am to WhiskeyThrottle
When you have a meeting and ask for input, but ignore the suggestion or concern or management stops you from presenting it. And then get mad at you for even talking about it or bringing it up.
This post was edited on 6/3/24 at 11:55 am
Posted on 6/3/24 at 11:57 am to WhiskeyThrottle
quote:
What other things drive you insane in meetings?
Meeting invite with no agenda
Posted on 6/3/24 at 11:59 am to BeerMoney
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1. This code is old and needs to be modernized. Because engineers turnover their entire stack and philosophy every 5 years.
2. The last developer was an idiot and wrote this poorly.
A pretty decent chunk of software developers just like to play with toys, they don't care if what they do actually solves a problem or not.
Posted on 6/3/24 at 12:25 pm to TexasTiger89
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Wrong
lotta detail here
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