Maybe, but getting organizational buy-in -- and preemptively clearing potential political damage to the project -- is part of the job, especially for 'the boss'.
The boss might not like it, but it's part of the job. And pretending that all meetings are terrible does not solve the problem. That's just a technical knee-jerk response to pretend that people problems will go away on their own, or that negotiations don't need to happen because it involves 'one of those meetings'.
And if it's part of the boss's job -- which negotiating peer buy-in is -- then it's not really appropriate to go around complaining to subordinates about how he hates doing his job, especially when doing that job protects the technical work his team will be doing.
Exactly. The truth is, no-one points a gun at your head and promotes you. The only people who become managers want to be managers, or they'd turn it down, or quit and go find another tech job.
The boss might not like it, but it's part of the job. And pretending that all meetings are terrible does not solve the problem. That's just a technical knee-jerk response to pretend that people problems will go away on their own, or that negotiations don't need to happen because it involves 'one of those meetings'.
And if it's part of the boss's job -- which negotiating peer buy-in is -- then it's not really appropriate to go around complaining to subordinates about how he hates doing his job, especially when doing that job protects the technical work his team will be doing.