I fought through a PIP once just because I'm a stubborn idiot. Survived the pip and found a new job shortly after. It's not something I would recommend.
I did fight through a pip once about a decade ago because honestly even then with just a little retrospective, it was obviously my fault. I came into the company like a bull in a china shop and didn’t build relationships and inadvertently stepped on the wrong toes - some team leads that were a decade younger than I was.
It was my second job I had after starting my recovery from “expert beginnerism” where I had been at my second job for nine years.
I knew I had to learn how to place nice with people to get to the next step in my career and I also knew that I could get a job quickly - it was 2014. On top of that there was project I was leading I wanted to finish.
I’m glad I did work through it. It was a great learning experience.
Honestly the focus period at AWS made me step my game up and prepared me for my current architectural leadership position at my current company.
I’ve never had to lead an initiative at this scale before inside a company and they wouldn’t have trusted me to do without AWS on my resume.
It was my second job I had after starting my recovery from “expert beginnerism” where I had been at my second job for nine years.
I knew I had to learn how to place nice with people to get to the next step in my career and I also knew that I could get a job quickly - it was 2014. On top of that there was project I was leading I wanted to finish.
I’m glad I did work through it. It was a great learning experience.
Honestly the focus period at AWS made me step my game up and prepared me for my current architectural leadership position at my current company.
I’ve never had to lead an initiative at this scale before inside a company and they wouldn’t have trusted me to do without AWS on my resume.