[thorwawayrus53]

> .. but the point is to have a planned point of contact.

To make sure IC's remember managers have power. That's all there is to it. No real useful stuff gets done.

[ehnto]

Our experiences clearly differ, so I'm not really going to engage in whether or not you're right because I just haven't had that experience at all.

At the end of the day it's just two colleagues in a room, if you can't get anything done with that, there's either nothing to get done or you couldn't get it done.