[a_ranom_dev]

I'm sorry, stand ups are literally a psychological trick played by middle managers to put pressure on devs. They undoubtably lead to higher turnover from devs fleeing chickenshit and I've never seen one actually lead to better code.

[kierenj]

I would wager that 'better code' isn't the main (or even a major) objective of standups... getting the project done is. But both are important

[distantaidenn]

In a past life as a Product Manager, one of my top devs rarely attended standups. One day, she rolled into the office mid standup, went over to the coffee machine, and prepared a cup. Never looked in our direction, and proceeded to begin her work.

Later during our 1-1, I asked her what the issue was, and she bluntly told me that she thought standups were useless.

I never brought it up again, as she was an amazing developer, and her documentation was absolutely pristine. After that, I myself stopped seeing the value in universal standups. If a person is good, they make it known in other ways.

[lbriner]

That isn't the point at all. The standup isn't to make her a better developer, it is to make the team work more effectively. What happens when someone is taking a long time to do something that she knows a shortcut for but they won't know because "she doesn't need to come".

It's a sad culture when a developer thinks they don't need the team or when, for some reason, they don't have to come to standups.