Name: Structuring Your Manager 1 on 1
Uploaded: 2022-03-23
Duration: 2 min 3 s
Description: Your relationship with your manager should be more proactive than reactive.

Structuring Your Manager 1 on 1

If you are working in a strong, high-growth tech company, what is a good frequency to meet with your manager?

True or false: Managers are extremely busy, so it is best to have ad-hoc 1 on 1 meetings with them based on whenever they are able to find a sliver of free time.

Your relationship with your manager should be more proactive than reactive.

1 on 1 meetings are one of the most important mechanisms for any successful career in tech. As a senior engineer in particular, you will need them to build deep relationships and alignment.

It's hard to fully replace the value of talking to others in person. However, meetings are expensive - Every software engineer should know how to get the most out of them.

With how often software engineers change teams, it's crucial to be efficient at this. Learn how to get coding within a new codebase fast, build the proper relationships, and hit the ground running in general.

Doing this properly is a hard requirement for professional success. As a software engineer in particular, this relationship needs to be carefully navigated to achieve maximum impact.

[Masterclass] How To Have Impactful 1 on 1 Meetings

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