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What can I do to best support you as your manager?  What should I do more or less as your manager?  What do you like most about our team?  What are opportunities for the team to do better?  What motivates/demotivates you?  What do you think the best way of recognizing people is?  What do you think the best way of recognizing people is?  Experience: What development opportunities will you pursue in your day-to-day role?     E.g. Deliver on project ...      E.g. Practice writing a technical spec      E.g. Present a topic at Town Hall  Exposure:  How will you learn from those around you?     (This can be from within your team or outside of your team such as mentors)      E.g. Meet and collaborate with ....      E.g. Read technical spec from a mentor.. Education: What structured or formal learning will you take?     E.g. Take a bootcamp class on Java      E.g. Take a machine learning bootcamp What do you want to achieve? What is your developmental goal? What skills will help you be a tech lead? How do you want to improve collaboration / communication skills ? What is the expectation at the next level? What technologies are you interested in? What product areas are you interested in? What resources, support or training can help you get there? What can your manager do to help? When do you plan to complete this goal? What objective measures will indicate that you achieved your goal? What will be the benefits of this change for you? What are your long term ambitions (3 years)?     e.g. Get promoted to next level What are your career goals by the end of this year (1 year)?     e.g. Be a subject matter expert in some domain areas      e.g. a specific performance rating

Rahul Pandey · Accepted Answer

great list! I'd pick a few of these questions to prioritize based on what you've observed on the team.

And since they require some reflection, I'd share them with your manager ahead of time, e.g. in a 1:1 doc, or some sort of personal README document.

See also the Understanding Your Boss video from the Managing Up course.

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