It's the law. Software engineers have to hate meetings. If you're caught enjoying yourself in a meeting you can get your dev card pulled. So be careful out there. And stay classy, San Diego.
We're bad at articulating the negative effects of meetings
I knew right away as a junior developer out of college I was in too many meetings. Even though I had nothing to compare it to. As I took on more visible projects, the number of meetings went up. I felt the pain.