Have any of you just left a meeting before /biz/? I'm talking

>>1497267
I have never been to a meeting.

>>1497267

I work remote, and browse the internet when a meeting is going on. If someone asks me a question I often have to ask them to repeat what they're saying. Not leaving, but not really caring and most people know i'm not paying attention. Almost every meeting that has been scheduled has been a waste of time. The only valuable meetings ive ever been in were ad hoc meetings discussing a technical issue that we ran into.

Fuck "agile development"

I think it's more a matter of keeping a cool head, OP. If you're in a meeting which is not getting anywhere, it's to everyone's benefit for someone to say something about it, and to try to steer the conversation in a more productive direction.
There will be many cases where your contribution won't make any difference. In that case, I suggest openly saying something along the lines of having contributed all that you can, and politely excusing yourself.

Just don't get angry. Everything goes out the window then. It's all about patience.

>>1497267
I left a "partner connection" conference because it was a big fuck around. I also left a collaboration meeting that was completely unproductive. "Collaboration" really just means someone organizes groups together and gets everyone on the same page. That didn't happen, instead every jerk off with executive ambitions made a pitch about how they see everyone coming together and their plan for making that happen. All of the visions clashed, nothing productive really was coming out of it, and it was just a wasted day. It was more about getting face time with higher ups than selling an idea for project planning and integration. I just left because nothing useful would come out of it.

>>1497273
I agree, to some extent. Unless the meeting is called to address a question or specific goal that is involved with a project, then they typically equate to a circlejerk of reports that make the person giving the report look like they're either doing great or not the one fucking it up. That's of course ignoring people getting off topic, going on a tangent, or making mountains out of molehills on an insignificant detail.