A comeback, recovery, or exit that lands as a clear victory — one of those bounces where everyone watching knows the person came back stronger, smarter, or simply more themselves. A W bounce isn't just surviving a setback; it's returning in a way that makes the original L look like setup. Think of someone ghosting a toxic situation and re-emerging fully healed and thriving. The timeline remembers. The W bounce is proof that sometimes leaving was exactly the right play.
Left that job in March with nothing lined up and came back in July with a promotion offer — total W bounce.
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