[300bps]

I don’t think it’s good advice even for someone working in a rational environment.

The part about giving ten months notice is terrible. He even says that it was bad for both sides! He was mentally checked out for months and not coming up with long term solutions because he knew he was out of there. Not my supposition - he literally says that.

My past three jobs have all lasted at least a decade. I just don’t agree with much if any of the advice here other than the blatantly obvious things like “don’t sabotage them” lol.

[jamesbrady]

I think we might have crossed wires here…

The section you're referring to is titled "Avoid giving too much notice " and basically gives five reasons for why 10 months was a harmfully-long notice period.

The advice is to give much less notice than that.

[300bps]

I think you may have missed the part in my original comment where I said He even says that it was bad for both sides!.

Respectfully, my point was that the way the author (you?) left that company reads like it was a train wreck. To a level that I wouldn't look to the author for any advice on how to leave a company.

And what was the advice? Don't sabotage the company and don't give 10 months notice? If ten thousand people quit a job, how many would even imagine doing either of those things?

[jamesbrady]

Thankfully, it wasn't a train wreck!

But yes, there were certainly some things I would have done differently.

For me, I tend to learn more from my or someone else's mistakes than from when something went swimmingly – the post is an attempt to capture some of those.

Your last paragraph strawmans me… but yes, two of my points are related to what you mention. Don't sabotage your team and don't give too much notice – I've seen several people do one or the other of these.

[bigmattystyles]

Do the old scarface quits his job... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0aF9kSLpeY