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It's a bit bridge burning, but from your description it's not like there's people you'd be leaving behind who wouldn't either understand and sympathise with you
by bigiain 7y ago
It's a bit bridge burning, but from your description it's not like there's people you'd be leaving behind who wouldn't either understand and sympathise with you (possibly even be jealous of you), or who you quite rightly don't care about burning bridges with.
If it's "toxic", and you don't have other (financial or visa perhaps) reasons to stay, I recommend you just walk out today. Shitty companies aren't worth losing sleep over, never mind losing friends or enthusiasm or health over. Not in this industry.
- potta_coffee 7y agoThere are no more bridges to burn - it's only me and one other developer. By "toxic" I mean that the "interim" CEO, who was not selected to be the CEO, is now ramping up rhetoric that puts the blame for his bad decisions soundly on me. I know the score - whether I leave now or in two weeks, every bug, design flaw, or bad business decision relating to the software will be my fault. I don't want to play into that any longer. It feels like staying in the house with an ex after the relationship has ended.
- bigiain 7y agoYep. Get out. Sooner rather than later. Like today - just pack up your stuff and walk out. Interim CEO isn't going to talk any nicer about you if you spend any more time there... Go sit in a cafe, or the park, or in a bar, or by a river. Way better use of your time than getting blamed for shit at work...
- potta_coffee 7y agoThe end of the story: I received an offer, accepted, and ducked out. My rival was as happy to see me go as I was to leave.
- bigiain 7y agoCongrats, and best wishes in your new gig!
- potta_coffee 7y agoThanks!