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		wodenokoto on Oct 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What do you do in your 1-on-1s with your d... How few directs does one usually have? My last office had 30 people under one manager, and my current have 15. I don't see how weekly 30 minutes 1-1's are feasible.

Nitramp on Oct 22, 2018 [–]

Prevailing thought in this context is that a single person cannot reasonably manage more than 10 people, and a good number is 6 or 7.

I agree with that, I have no idea how I'd keep the interests and issues and projects and goals and whatnot of 15 people in my head, let alone 30.

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