How to Run 1:1s as an Engineering Manager
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The article provides guidance on how to effectively run 1:1 meetings as an engineering manager, with the discussion focusing on the importance of these meetings and strategies for making them productive.
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icedchai
3 months ago
1 replyThis may be controversial, but in the decade or so since weekly 1:1's became the latest managerial fad, I could count the useful ones on one hand.
biglyburrito
3 months ago
1 replyI agree with that assessment. They're good to have as a forum where either you or your manager can discuss issues or ask for help. But as a compulsory weekly meeting, most of the time they're not constructive. And at several previous job, I had managers who made them something I dreaded doing each week.
icedchai
3 months ago
Two of my best managers would tell me "I'm having weekly 1:1's because I've been told I need to have them!" I'm sure if you went up the chain, you'd get the same answer...
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