Honestly, I feel mentally done after sitting on calls for 5hrs in the morning. By the time I get to the afternoon, any energy I would have had for coding or research is gone. I'll typically pickup a small bug to fix or work on something brainless, and call it a day.

Agree though, someone always pings for something, so that is what I'll do for remainder of day.

The meetings in the morning are a really killer though - offshore team + 2 daily stand-ups + scrum of scrums, it's got me drained and looking for another gig.

Great crede though. Lots of good nuggets that made me reflect. Reminded me a tiny bit of Naval.