I fully agree with you. My comment was pretty much leaning towards the other end of the spectrum to make my point clear.
But I definitely agree that you should approach your manager from a constructive point of view. That makes you even more valuable.
Re:1-on-1 meeting questions
by Drakar1903 on Monday February 17, 2020 @05:46AM
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I think the post above yours was an exaggeration for the purpose of illustrating a point.
Yes, and with that attitude you are absolutely welcome to.
Difficulty of replacing developers depends very much on where you are (I suspect, and amongst a welter of other factors), and where I live it doesn't take 6 months nor anything like it.
It also doesn't take 6 months for people to become "somewhat productive". I've been nigh-on shocked to see all of our devs making useful contributions to our systems and services (many of which are not straightforward to work with) within a couple of weeks, and finding their way around pretty handily after 2 - 3 months.
I agree that you shouldn't go into every 1:1 begging and scraping for your job - that sounds awful - but, at the other end of the spectrum, neither do I think it's wise to go in with a massively inflated sense of entitlement.
Both you and your manager would be best served by acting like reasonable human beings with well-developed social skills.