I got fired from a startup for “not learning rust fast enough.” I had more professional experience than the rest of the team combined, had built a very similar product to theirs over the previous 5 years, and the part of the product I did work on had the most complete functionality, most test cases, and most complete customer facing documentation of all the features being worked on.
In the previous 3 months there hadn’t been a peep about my productivity despite weekly 1:1s and my frequent solicitations for feedback of where I could improve.
In the exit interview, I strongly suggested they may want to look into some professional leadership training programs. The founders were both 26. I was 42.
Since their founding 8 months earlier they had hired 4 and fired 2. I told them that probably would be a bit of a red flag to their investors.
In the previous 3 months there hadn’t been a peep about my productivity despite weekly 1:1s and my frequent solicitations for feedback of where I could improve.
In the exit interview, I strongly suggested they may want to look into some professional leadership training programs. The founders were both 26. I was 42.
Since their founding 8 months earlier they had hired 4 and fired 2. I told them that probably would be a bit of a red flag to their investors.