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I don't have video of me broadcasting because I simply can't, and nobody ever questions it because they don't really care as it's a non-essential component.
I do make heavy use of visual aids & other screen sharing, so that people can look at what we are discussing, not me.
I guess I was doing some these things already and didnt know it. Standing desk locked in the up position for zoom marathon days. Stepping back from the screens and camera when there isnt any reason to have hands on kb/m. I'm a usual pacer when on the phone so I'm not sure if that's instinct or habit but it certainly helps. Scheduling is also not mentioned surprisingly, but leaving 5-15m buffer gaps between back to ba…
I've tried leaving 15 minute buffers in between meetings. All that happens is that my colleagues schedule 15 minute long meetings in the gaps. It's exhausting.
I regularly schedule focus time or project time on my calendar and when I had days of stacked meetings, I’ll fill in the gaps with focus time to ensure I’m not overbooked.
I wouldn’t be shocked if there’s plugins or tools to help, though I do it fairly manually.
Most people are terrible at written communication, and much better at spoken (which makes sense since most speak more than write).
So even though it’s terribly unfortunate, for the masses, more times than not - meetings have a total net-gain effect vs async written.
Of course, the elephant in the room is that people need to stop having so many meetings. Those of us who have been working remotely for a decade or more never had this problem - we use async communications, quick one-off calls when needed, and really never spent all our time in meetings. But when everyone moved to remote work a few years ago, this culture of meetings all day came up... and it still confuses me. It is…
agreed. dont know who needs to hear this but if you're having more than 1 scrum a week its not devops, its micromanagement, and if youve got more than 2-3 meetings a week youre effectively doing your managers work. if it can be summarized in 2-3 lines in an email, dont accept the meeting.
Less meetings / more async isn’t always the best answer. Most people are terrible at written communication, and much better at spoken (which makes sense since most speak more than write). So even though it’s terribly unfortunate, for the masses, more times than not - meetings have a total net-gain effect vs async written.
Of course, the elephant in the room is that people need to stop having so many meetings. Those of us who have been working remotely for a decade or more never had this problem - we use async communications, quick one-off calls when needed, and really never spent all our time in meetings. But when everyone moved to remote work a few years ago, this culture of meetings all day came up... and it still confuses me. It is…
Of course, the elephant in the room is that people need to stop having so many meetings. Those of us who have been working remotely for a decade or more never had this problem - we use async communications, quick one-off calls when needed, and really never spent all our time in meetings. But when everyone moved to remote work a few years ago, this culture of meetings all day came up... and it still confuses me. It is…
agreed. dont know who needs to hear this but if you're having more than 1 scrum a week its not devops, its micromanagement, and if youve got more than 2-3 meetings a week youre effectively doing your managers work. if it can be summarized in 2-3 lines in an email, dont accept the meeting.
So many time is wasted on meeting because of off topic stuff or because the rights persons haven't been invited.
I avoid all of this by not owning a webcam. I don't have video of me broadcasting because I simply can't, and nobody ever questions it because they don't really care as it's a non-essential component. I do make heavy use of visual aids & other screen sharing, so that people can look at what we are discussing, not me.
Of course, the elephant in the room is that people need to stop having so many meetings. Those of us who have been working remotely for a decade or more never had this problem - we use async communications, quick one-off calls when needed, and really never spent all our time in meetings. But when everyone moved to remote work a few years ago, this culture of meetings all day came up... and it still confuses me. It is…
It’s just easier to waste everyone’s time and meander through it.