Besides the excellent advice, I enjoy this article quite a bit: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/20/9-tips-for-quitting-a-job-gracefully/ http://blog.pene

Besides the excellent advice, I enjoy this article quite a bit: http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/20/9-tips-for-quitting-a-job-gracefully/ http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/08/20/9-tips-for-quitting... Truncated: __ "1. Go before things get bad. .."I realized I was hitting a point where I was going to start acting out." Like Lynn, you need to know yourself and be honest about how you're feeling on the job so you don't let your emotions get out of hand. 2. Make a good first step. "The very first person that you should tell you're leaving is your boss,".. 3. Leave the door open a crack. If you've done good work, there is no reason you couldn't come back later.. 6. Trust that the company can continue without you. "People think the world is going to end if they quit their job," says Lynn. "In my last job, everyone who quit thought everything would go wrong, but it's easily fixed and everyone's replaceable." 7. Set yourself up for a good reference. .."You want to be sure the trail you leave is a positive one,".."I have never, in my 20 years of recruiting, had someone not answer questions about references." [I can attest to this..regardless of legality] 8. Manage the in-between time carefully. "Burn no bridges," warns Brendon Connelly, author of the popular blog Slacker Manager. Sometimes quitting a job is as loaded as dumping a lover. .. This is one of those times we tend not to see ourselves clearly, writes Daniel Ames, professor at Columbia Business School. Hitting the right note of assertiveness — not too much and not too little — is hard to do. We notice poor balance in our colleagues but rarely notice it in ourselves. So keep in mind that the bottom line of quitting well is assertiveness. Have enough to leave when you need to, but tone down your assertiveness enough to keep your friends and colleagues on your side even as you're walking out the door." __