[JohnBooty]

My experience with 1:1s is that they uncover things that wouldn't be uncovered... well, without 1:1s.

Most of us are "trained" not to "bother" our managers so allocating some dedicated time is valuable in my experience.

I'm honestly baffled at the pushback against 1:1s I'm reading. Assuming you have a relatively normal number of direct reports for software engineering (5-10) that adds up to not a lot of hours.

At companies without regular 1:1s, I often had no idea if my manager thought I was doing a good job or not. You can say that this is bad management or bad communication, and you're right but management and communication tend to be rather poor in our industry! 1:1s are more often than not a part of the solution.

[eddyfromtheblok]

yes, at a company, which has been running for several decades, each of my manager’s made sure to ask what I wanted to do with my career. To not ask, one may infer that there isn’t much career advancement available.