Not sure if this is just me or a universal dev experience.
I tracked my time last week out of curiosity. Out of 40 hours:
- 14 hours: actual coding
- 8 hours: meetings (some useful, mostly not)
- 7 hours: searching through Slack/Notion/Jira for context
- 5 hours: waiting for answers from teammates
- 6 hours: reviewing PRs + misc
That 7 hours of searching is what bugs me. Every task starts with "okay, where's the context for this?" Then I'm in Slack search, then Notion, then someone's old PR, then asking in standup.
Our team has documentation. It's just... everywhere. And some of it's outdated. And the really important stuff was never written down because it happened in a Zoom call.
Curious if this resonates or if our team just has a unique dysfunction. What do other dev teams do about this?
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