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For experienced devs, were you put on PIP early in your career? How did you bounce back from it to stay in the industry? (self.experienced_devs)

submitted 2 years ago by vysiar to c/experienced_devs

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I'm a new grad who started at one of the Big Tech companies this past year. Been recently notified that I'm in danger of being placed under PIP due to underperformance, which I thought was fair due to extenuating familial circumstances. I'm personally feeling despair in being capable or being able to stay in the tech industry considering my lack of ability or general aptitude.

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[–] holdthemayo 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I wasn't PIP'ed but I was fired once early on I was put on projects I really shouldn't have tried my best but it wasn't enough

it hurt a lot at the time but I moved on and almost two decades later i'm now a 'top performer' and have successfully worked on many well known products

my advice is just to keep going in a few years you likely won't even remember this job