Imagine software that was delivered 6 months earlier but is 2x slower than it could be. This lead to productivity increase of it's users of 2x during that 6 months. At the expense of some extra electricity use worth $100, they made $10M worth of real world productivity.
My point is... the thing that is much worse than software that is unnecessary slow, is the software that was not yet written at all.
Now ... I think some of the Clean Code ideas are meh. But their performance is not the only or even one of most important aspects of it.
> Talking about management in this specific way tells me that they see their management coworkers as enemies, and not as equals.
How am I being a jerk here, pointing out the obvious truths. I don't treat other people as enemies. I'm just speaking my mind about systemic problems.
I don't book company wide meetings that are (semi-)mandatory and waste thousands of person-hour of work time for the company, just because I enjoy it and am in position that can do it. I try to be mindful about the communication I initiate and treat other's people time with respect. I write TL;DR in my emails and optimize for groups performance, not just my own self-interest.
The thing you should deduce from what I wrote is that instead of being self-optimizing stupid/naive/cynical person, I actually (possibly irrationally) care about my craft and efficiency of the group I belong to, and can do my own critical thinking, instead of accepting status quo uncritically.
Most bigger corporate meetings could have been an email with some bulletpoints on top with most important things everyone must know, and later then details for people that are interested.
But if it wasn't a meeting, where else would the management get a change to flex, pat their backs, do some ritual sucking up and self promoting and generally justify their existence?
OP: Just focus on your real work and responsibilities, ignore the corporate meetings as much as you can get away with. Unless you want to join management, in which case you have to start clapping loudly and play the game.
My point is... the thing that is much worse than software that is unnecessary slow, is the software that was not yet written at all.
Now ... I think some of the Clean Code ideas are meh. But their performance is not the only or even one of most important aspects of it.