Comment on Ask HN: Meeting overload – how many do you have daily/weekly?Comments−pensatoio6yI'm a lead engineer for a market research data ETL & enrichment platform.Weekly, I have...* 1on1's with my developers and peers (30min per person, 4-6 per week)* Standup (2x 15 min)* Engineering leads meeting (1x 30min)* SRE catchup (1x 1hr)Other misc meetings...* Engineering leads kvetch (unstructured 1hr every 2wks, cut short if there's nothing on our minds)* My squad's retro (45min every 3wks)* My squad's grooming (1hr every 3wks)* Platform retro (multiple squads, 1hr every 1mo)* BI-Quarterly KPI/OKR Planning & Review (1-2hr every 1.5 months)* Skip-level manager meeting (1hr every 3mo)Wednesdays are my no-meetings-slash-deep-work day. I probably invest between 1-3 hours in pairing, by request. I clean my calendar aggressively.tl;dr ~5 hours of meetings per week
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I'm a lead engineer for a market research data ETL & enrichment platform.
Weekly, I have...
* 1on1's with my developers and peers (30min per person, 4-6 per week)
* Standup (2x 15 min)
* Engineering leads meeting (1x 30min)
* SRE catchup (1x 1hr)
Other misc meetings...
* Engineering leads kvetch (unstructured 1hr every 2wks, cut short if there's nothing on our minds)
* My squad's retro (45min every 3wks)
* My squad's grooming (1hr every 3wks)
* Platform retro (multiple squads, 1hr every 1mo)
* BI-Quarterly KPI/OKR Planning & Review (1-2hr every 1.5 months)
* Skip-level manager meeting (1hr every 3mo)
Wednesdays are my no-meetings-slash-deep-work day. I probably invest between 1-3 hours in pairing, by request. I clean my calendar aggressively.
tl;dr ~5 hours of meetings per week