>manager have lots of connections? I was talking more industry connections. Nobody gives a damn about your schooling once you've done it, to be honest. If your

>manager have lots of connections? I was talking more industry connections. Nobody gives a damn about your schooling once you've done it, to be honest. If your manager however sits on some boards, or is influential in the people that he knows and interacts with, it may be in your best interests to not burn this bridge. >Is this industry leading and highly visible? Then you may want to be able to say that you completed it, even if it means you have a couple of shite weeks, otherwise, you can use it as an answer to one of those wacky "worst experience" interview questions. From what you're saying, I'd strongly lean towards option 2 or 3. Being in the workforce for a few years now, I can't emphasize enough how much it hurts you to burn bridges, no matter how much you're in the right. These people come back to haunt you in peculiar ways. Good luck. Just remember you have a lot more to lose in this situation by walking away than you have to gain, from what I can gather.