Name: Nail Your Promotion As A Software Engineer [Part 11] - Step 0: Establish Yourself
Uploaded: 2024-04-13T18:33:42+00:00
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Description: So many software engineers want to move up the career ladder as soon as possible, but they're way too hasty when it come

Nail Your Promotion As A Software Engineer [Part 11] - Step 0: Establish Yourself

So many software engineers want to move up the career ladder as soon as possible, but they're way too hasty when it comes to seriously thinking about promotion. This lesson teaches you:

- The embarrassing failure mode to avoid with bringing up promotion
- How to know if you have established yourself as a rock-solid performer
- How long you should generally wait before asking about promotion

To dig deeper into becoming a high performer, check this out: ["What's the difference between a low performer software engineer and a high performer?"](https://www.jointaro.com/question/nMxx2EMVIlJbl1oK4SGu/whats-the-difference-between-a-low-performer-software-engineer-and-a-high-performer/)

So many software engineers want to move up the career ladder as soon as possible, but they're way too hasty when it come

A performance improvement plan, also known as a PIP, provides an employee with low performance an opportunity to improve their performance by following an actionable plan.

A performance improvement plan is a process between a company and an under-performing employee to help increase the productivity of an employee

A good performance improvement plan has actionable steps for an employee to demonstrate that they can perform to expectations.

A performance improvement plan outlines clear goals to raise an employee’s work up to expectations

This is an absolutely vital process for any employee in tech to understand, especially in a world of stack-ranking and layoffs.

The clearest way a company can acknowledge your growth. At the end of the day, you can't solely interview your way to a principal engineer; promotion is the true foundation of your pay and career.

Doing this properly is a hard requirement for professional success. As a software engineer in particular, this relationship needs to be carefully navigated to achieve maximum impact.