Re:Ask HN: Leave job right before app goes to production?
by jerf on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @10:03AM
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"If the current project has been poorly managed so far & dates keep slipping, that is likely to continue to be the case. The launch date could slip even further."
Actually, I'd say it's relatively safe to go a step farther. Based on the description, the odds favor the interpretation that the poster will not be leaving one week before the deployment. The odds favor that either the poster is leaving several months before deployment, or several months before the project gets canned anyhow.
To the poster, I'd suggest keeping in touch with one of those 14 people and just ask them to tell you when it ships. You have a very good chance of discovering that you have absolutely nothing to feel guilty over when you realize nine months from now you still haven't heard from them, and it turns out that it's because it still hasn't shipped yet.... (Or they found another job too....)
Actually, I'd say it's relatively safe to go a step farther. Based on the description, the odds favor the interpretation that the poster will not be leaving one week before the deployment. The odds favor that either the poster is leaving several months before deployment, or several months before the project gets canned anyhow.
To the poster, I'd suggest keeping in touch with one of those 14 people and just ask them to tell you when it ships. You have a very good chance of discovering that you have absolutely nothing to feel guilty over when you realize nine months from now you still haven't heard from them, and it turns out that it's because it still hasn't shipped yet.... (Or they found another job too....)