He didn't say walk out of meetings if you like to code instead; he said walk out of unproductive meetings, if they're wasting people's time. There's a fine line there...
Sorry if I didn't make it clear but I would have only walked out of worthless meetings, not all meetings. I've had meetings in my career where I didn't know why I was even there and those where nothing was ever decided.
The point the parent comment is trying to make is that meetings are a waste of people's time. Most software engineers will agree that the majority of meetings are unproductive.
Most software engineers often fail to see value in things that aren't of immediate interest to them. That doesn't mean meetings are a waste of people's time.
I'm actually worried this is going to backfire massively precisely because people interpret it so liberally. I hope he realizes what judgment calls he's asking everyone to make.
It will be a test of whether he's hired good people.
> The point the parent comment is trying to make is that meetings are a waste of people's time.
Any guesses what the corresponding point I was trying to make was?
In my experience genuinely productive meetings are rare...