As a disclaimer, my boss scheduled a weekly 30min 1:1 when I started, but with the caveat that we could make it less often if I found it not useful. He just preferred weekly during the "settling in" phase.

Almost without fail, our 1:1s go over time, totaling between 45min and 1hr. I can't imagine how my boss finds the time, but I so appreciate that he does.

I keep a pinned slack message in our DM, of priority-ordered things to discuss. Often these are things like:

- Something went wrong this week. How did I do? How could I have performed better?

- I noticed something unhealthy with our team, how can we fix it?

- You did something that surprised me as a manager, what was your thought process (this is sometimes critical feedback, sometimes curiousity)

- Is this thing I want to do a good idea?

- Debrief on progress (or lack thereof) on a predefined goal.

- Help me with this stupid HR/Expense report thing

And the list always ends with:

- leave space for <BOSS> to discuss things he wants

This is easily the most valuable growth time of my week. I appreciate my IC time to do an excellent job, but the 1:1s help me pick my head up and think about bigger things.

I always preferred managers like this, who are not totally dogmatic about things like weekly meetings - instead doing what works best for each individual.

I'm with the OP that 1:1 every 2 weeks is better.