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From the IC POV:

1) Somewhere between once a month and once a quarter seems about right frequency-wise. Once a week would be way overkill.

2) I want to come out of the meeting with a good sense of how I’m doing. Remember neither being fired nor being promoted (or getting a big bonus etc.) should come as a surprise. If it does, that’s a management failure.

3) This is also a good time to give me context on wider departmental priorities or changes that are in motion which I might not know about.

4) It’s probably a good idea (for your benefit, not mine) to use this opportunity to sound me out for any issues and figure out if I’m unhappy. Preferably in a subtle and comfortable way, but straight out asking probably works okay too.



Agree with all the points except for the first. I find biweekly 1:1s to be the perfect frequency.

My manager is very experienced and has great insight, and as an IC this time is very valuable to me. But agree weekly is a little overkill


Had me a little confused there for a second. I’m used to semi to mean that, not bi.

I could see every two weeks working in other circumstances than the ones I happened to have found myself in. Maybe even weekly if I worked remotely or something like that.




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