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As a manager I typically let the employee lead the 1:1 discussion and we are agile so status of work isn't really useful since that's done at standup. What would your ideal frequency and topics be for a 1:1? Do you expect productivity or performance for software engineering to have measurements?

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My ideal 1:1 is about once a month. Especially in high-ownership teams, you could go days without actually talking to people aside from a 10-15 min check in call.

So, it's sometimes nice to have periodic validation that you're keeping true to the course / indication that you need to make a few minor adjustments, etc. That's on your side.

From your manager's side, if they find something isn't working, they don't need to wait 3/6 months to bring it up at which point there isn't much you can do to get back the lost productivity.

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