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Discussion on: What are signs that you should quit your job?

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Paul Leclercq

I once quit because I didn't like where I would have gone (less and less technical stuffs) if I had continued doing it, even though the team was, in general, great. 2 years after I am really glad I made this choice as I really enjoy, more and more, learning about computer science fundamentals (thanks to the great articles published on dev.to!) to be able to understand how works (data-intensive AKA big data :p) frameworks under the hood.

Also, have you ever encountered the annoying "don't tell to anybody" policy when you talk to your manager about it? Especially in France, where we have almost all the time a 3-months notice for engineers.

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Theresa Luu

You have to give a 3-month's notice to quit in France?

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Rodrigo Alencar

Some place at least here in Brazil ask 1 year without even work with same tec

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Paul Leclercq

It depends on your company policy, the most of the time is 3 months for engineers, sometimes is 1 month.

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Theresa Luu

That must be tough trying to keep productivity up if you know for sure you are going to leave for such a long duration.

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Paul Leclercq

The main idea is to respect your colleagues by getting sure that everything you know is written down in a documentation and train your substitute.

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Theresa Luu

ah, I'm impressed and am at awe at that gesture.

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Aga Zaboklicka

I think 3-months notice is pretty common in Europe. The same goes for Germany. In Poland, where I leave we have 1-month notice unlesss we have more than 3 years experience. It's probably due to training of people who are going to move into your place or for the employer to find someone to take your place...