Half the projects I've worked on in the last 30 years got shelved or never shipped. Nobody asks but if they do, it still doesn't reflect badly on you. It was a

Half the projects I've worked on in the last 30 years got shelved or never shipped. Nobody asks but if they do, it still doesn't reflect badly on you. It was a businesss decision out of your hands. What you should be more worried about is if you are going to continue to be employed after the project is cancelled. There's an instinct you build over time but every so often you will be cancelled/fired out of the blue and it wasn't your fault. Have some networking in place and prepare your finances for this type of possibility.