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I would say that this is true for most professions.

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>Our work culture changed mainly for the better after COVID-19, but there were also some negative changes - like an increase of 13.5% in the amount of meetings per employee.[1] The problem is that there's a huge gap between how managers think about meetings versus how engineers think about them. In the famous “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule” [2], Paul Graham wrote: “When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in.” This problem hasn't gone away with AI coding tools - it's getting worse, as managers assume engineers can now be productive in smaller time chunks.

I would say that this is true for most professions. Archive: https://archive.today/Gzo48 From the post: >>Our work culture changed mainly for the better after COVID-19, but there were also some negative changes - like an increase of 13.5% in the amount of meetings per employee.[1] The problem is that there's a huge gap between how managers think about meetings versus how engineers think about them. In the famous “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule” [2], Paul Graham wrote: “When you're operating on the maker's schedule, meetings are a disaster. A single meeting can blow a whole afternoon, by breaking it into two pieces each too small to do anything hard in.” This problem hasn't gone away with AI coding tools - it's getting worse, as managers assume engineers can now be productive in smaller time chunks.

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At one point, you use Malicious Compliance. Bill them for every single second and make sure to let them know how much money they wasted where you could have been earning them money. They won't like it but the higher-up's (assuming it wasn't the top VP) will see it and tell them to leave you the fuck alone. I have been in a situation like that, only once though.

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Sadly, they push DEI like it is what is going to propel us through the next 1000 years. I have being white as something they would hold against me, and, I have seen them dick around and piss off people who made them 10-20 rimes what I do, to the point that they just left their multi million dollar per year income and were willing to start over (we have no competition clauses and can't contact our current clients for 2 years). I'm only in the top 100, not the top 10, so they have very few fucks left to give to me.

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Just tell them that you are non binary, paint a single finger nail and make sure it is seen in meetings. Now you are in the top ten and probably given a bonus.

Even better, if you get pissed off you can just ask for a few mental health days to talk with your therapist and get back in touch with your true self.

Depending on the state you live in, record it all if it's single party and don't tell them.

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Lol I like the way you think.