[RazZziel]

> Discussing where I want to go is a fruitless exercise.

In my experience, it's neither silly nor fruitless, but you can't expect solid results either, your interests are not the only factor at play.

As a manager, I'm genuinely interested in my team's personal growth, but that needs to be balanced with business needs. I'll always try to match business needs with each team member's personal interests and not just skills, because that'll render a much more motivated (thus productive) work environment, but sometimes it's just not possible, and uninteresting work will just have to be dealt with to keep the paychecks coming until something more interesting shows up.

[maxxxxx]

Maybe you are an exception but from my experience most people in management don't have the depth to really help their people. They are too busy surviving themselves. In addition most companies have no interest in developing their workers' careers. They want them to perform better within their little box but that's it.