Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead
by sundae on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:37AM
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Sorry, what does IC and PIP mean in this context?
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Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead
by jeffparsons on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:47AM
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Individual Contributor (primarily makes stuff directly rather than working through other people) and Performance Improvement Plan (supposedly a plan to improve performance, but often actually just HR making sure they have watertight documentation justifying sacking the person).
Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead
by strife25 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @06:43AM
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IC = Individual Contributor
PIP = Performance Improvement Plan
Re:What I Learnt Becoming a Tech Lead
by MattGaiser on Saturday September 18, 2021 @10:47AM
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And more realistically Paid Interview Practice.
Individual Contributor and Performance Improvement Plan
Adding on that though some people can come through a PIP and fix whatever problem they were having it usually is a pretext to being fired.