I had previous experience working in research, and tended towards a more hacker's style of coding that had always been good enough for the prestigious lab where I interned. Looking back, the older guys on my team were signaling disapproval to management but would never correct me to my face, and never offered constructive feedback. My manager was largely the same way. People in tech tend to be terrified of controversy and struggle with conflict.
Getting PIP'd was the best thing for me, because it established clear standards and goals for me in my role. In sixth months, I got promoted. Sometimes it's a communication thing.
I took a contracting job where I'd travel for two or three weeks at a time, often working long hours. This would usually take me from a spot where weed was recreationally available and ubiqutous to impossible and impractice to get. The two vices ran together for me.
After sobering up while away, I realized how much of a drag these things had been on my well being and resolved to just give them up, or at least try.
In my mid twenties, I had two addictions - pornography and Marijuana.
The first was significantly harder to kick than the later. Maybe I'm merely a weak person, but I felt I slowly succumbed to these things after years of casual use and some major relational setbacks in my life post college. I got psychological help but was not encouraged to stop doing these things, just to practice moderation. Ultimately, I was forced by circumstance to have to stop and realized I was a lot happier. I think a lot of people don't want to acknowledge that they are addicted to stuff like this and rationalize it away.
I find myself thinking we should set up better societal guard rails about these things, but avoid making them illegal. Neither of these are hard addictions to kick anyway, but they do cost you a lot of time and money.
I had previous experience working in research, and tended towards a more hacker's style of coding that had always been good enough for the prestigious lab where I interned. Looking back, the older guys on my team were signaling disapproval to management but would never correct me to my face, and never offered constructive feedback. My manager was largely the same way. People in tech tend to be terrified of controversy and struggle with conflict.
Getting PIP'd was the best thing for me, because it established clear standards and goals for me in my role. In sixth months, I got promoted. Sometimes it's a communication thing.