It's kind of trite to say that though. It's the business's job to ensure that the skills and resources at its disposal are put to good use, not yours.
We're not all a bunch of mini CEOs.
We're not all a bunch of mini CEOs.
Maybe he worked at poorly managed companies, who knows. The fact that he was asked to participate in meetings instead of only being assigned purely code-related tasks isn’t very compelling evidence of a company being a “joke”.
I dont think that relatively speaking companies that dont do this are horribly run since it seems to be the norm but I can see why somebody who isnt used to it would rant.
In general larger companies do everything inefficiently. It's to be expected. Small companies wouldnt exist otherwise.
The author's complaint was that he only gets to spend 12-25% of his time on these tasks on a good day.
When you read about organizations which were highly effective there is usually a common theme of management by objective and giving people ownership. “The HP Way” and this speech by Rickhover are two such examples: https://govleaders.org/rickover.htm