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by gpm 1717 days ago
Personally, yes, I think I would. Or really somewhere between 1 and 3 depending on how long I thought I really needed to facilitate an orderly transfer of my work to the rest of the team. Winning the lottery is a case where I would have a ton of personal flexibility, and I'd like to think that I'd use some of it to not put people in uncomfortable positions.

But I also think this misses the point, plenty of people do plenty of rude things when they win the lottery (so it's not a good barometer for what is polite), and the circumstances are substantially different when you're leaving because you now have "f u money" rather than leaving because you're going to do the same thing for a different employer (so it's not a analogous situation).

Circumstances where I wouldn't give advanced notice are cases where I felt I was being mistreated (being rude is worth leaving earlier, plus I have minimal sympathy), or there was an opportunity that really couldn't wait (being rude is sometimes worthwhile - it's a balancing act).