[baddspellar]

I'm glad rubashov posted this. It reinforces the point that you really need to understand the people who work for you.

One of the developers currently working for me needs multiple one-on-ones per week. She needs frequent feedback on her performance. I've had other developers working for me who bristled at the thought of scheduled and structured one-on-ones. With them I'll casually stop by to chat for a couple of minutes from time to time, but I won't schedule anything except when performance reviews are due.

I do find that most developers respond well to weekly or bi-weekly short one-on-ones, however.