There is another way. Push back. Decline meeting invites along with a note “Thanks for the invite but I don’t think I’m needed at this one am I?” 90% of the time people don’t even read your decline reason. Or just leave yourself tentative till the last minute unless you really believe you need to be there.

Far too many devs seem to think you can’t decline meetings and yet spend their time descoping development work because we’re too busy… When it comes to annual reviews / your next contracting gig, the guy / gal who got the work done is the door who’s door is knocked on.

Could it also be to do with the increased lethality of SUVs? A study in Ireland shows 11.5% of pedestrians hit by an SUV were killed versus 4.5% for a car.

No law is perfect and there’s always an edge case to provide a reason for doing nothing. This is definitely a step in the right direction to stop the arms race that purchasing larger vehicles has become though.

The character is just an amazingly good hacker. They operate at speeds us mere mortals can’t comprehend /s

What mistakes? The ultra rich have a great life in the US. He’s just serving his own interests. But remember you’re poor because of immigrants! /s

I’m in the exact same position as you and take the same approach. It’s a hill I’m getting a mildly stubbed toe on.