Meetings are often useless because they're put on too much, but I find that code & design reviews are one of the most important parts. Not only does it benefi

Meetings are often useless because they're put on too much, but I find that code & design reviews are one of the most important parts. Not only does it benefit the company (having cleaner & more efficient code will remove later code bloat), but it also benefits you by learning from other peoples experience. That being said, there have been times where code reviews aren't done well. If code reviews are based upon fact, I find they often go significantly better than those based upon opinion.