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Can't give any great advice here, but my intuition is that it's going to depend a lot on the company.

I have friends that have worked retail jobs where they aren't going to care at all and will probably use it as an excuse to fire you.

I work at a company where a coworker was fired and afterwards told some of us that they were dealing with mental health stuff causing it, and I think my company would have been more helpful if they brought it up earlier by perhaps helping to find a therapist through the insurance or changing their roles for a while. For example if the frustrating part of coding is tough to get into, maybe switch to building out documentation so you have something you can see tangible progress on daily/hourly, and would still let them add the same amount of value if not more.



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