mhoyeMar 9

Here's a true fact: nobody hates meetings.

What people hate are badly run, inefficient and unnecessary meetings. They hate working under untrained, undisciplined managers.

Meetings should be short, sharp and essential, but you can go a whole career in tech without ever experiencing that.

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Show threadtraecer
@mhoye I recently went through #Agile training and it blew my mind that daily standups should *not exceed 15 minutes*. I have never been on an Agile team where a standup was less than 30 min, & they often last double that.
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Show thread"Musty Bits" McGeeMar 9
@traecer @mhoye hrrrnnngg
Show threadJ. B. Rainsberger (he)Mar 11

@traecer Did they actually stand? ;)

I would love to see one of those, if for no other reason, than because it'd be so simple to help.

I've attended dozens of standups that were short and awful, mostly due to everyone reporting status to The One Important Person.

I get it. Again: so simple to help.

Show threadJ. B. Rainsberger (he)Mar 11
@traecer I coach teenagers in a sport. We have standup meetings (or something very like it). I routinely ask them to tell/talk to each other instead of to me. They sometimes need the reminder, but then they start doing it.