
"Software developers, on the other hand, would be delighted to have no meetings at all. If only they could spend all of their time getting into a flow state and actually producing software. A single meeting in the middle of the day could screw all of that up. Thus, when remote work became normalized during the pandemic, many a developer rejoiced, thinking "Great, now they can't interrupt me!" Little did they know."
"House of cards Perhaps the only silver lining of the pandemic was that remote work became commonplace. Remote tooling hit its stride, and all meetings were a Zoom call. Managers wielding Microsoft Outlook could book meetings pretty easily, but Zoom reduced even that friction. With managers able to summon developers with just a few clicks, the frequency of meetings naturally increased."
Developers prefer uninterrupted flow and view meetings as highly disruptive, where a single midday meeting can derail productivity. Remote work normalization made remote tooling and video calls ubiquitous, lowering the friction of scheduling. Managers gained the ability to summon developers with just a few clicks, which increased meeting frequency. Many developers initially expected fewer interruptions with remote work but experienced more meetings instead. Convenient calendaring and click-to-join calls inverted developer expectations, turning perceived freedom into more frequent interruptions and reducing the uninterrupted time needed to produce software.
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