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sharknice said:
Even if you hate the place and never plan on going back it's helpful to leave a good impression. It's a small world and chances are you'll cross paths with someone there in a future opportunity, or at least someone they know.

"Having an in" is the easiest way to get a job. Interviewing and the whole hiring process is a crapshoot. It's really hard to tell if someone is good or bad from an application and even an in-person interview. When people someone on the hiring side knows a candidate is good from past experience it pretty much guarantees they get the job over the other candidates where they would be taking a risk with all the uncertainty. And the opposite is also true.
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Yup, if its a shitty job with bad managers and its killing you on the inside, go for it but just keep in mind every individual bridge you burn could haunt you 2 years down the road. Now that I'm in management I have cost more than a few people potential jobs with us because of the way they burned bridges in the past with previous companies or how they treated me/others before. I will NEVER fault an employee for quitting for a better opportunity but I do expect some basic respect while doing it. I actually just had an employee put in a 2 week notice then asked if its possible to take him off the schedule sooner as he would love some extra time off and I was 100% able to do that for him. Not only did he leave us on super good terms he has a standing job offer if it doesn't work out for him and a written reference to use for future jobs because he was nothing but respectful to us the entire time and that's all I ask for.

Like you said in some industries the world is way smaller than you expect and its not worth the risk most times to destroy those connections.
 
Ragenrok said:
Yup, if its a shitty job with bad managers and its killing you on the inside, go for it but just keep in mind every individual bridge you burn could haunt you 2 years down the road. Now that I'm in management I have cost more than a few people potential jobs with us because of the way they burned bridges in the past with previous companies or how they treated me/others before. I will NEVER fault an employee for quitting for a better opportunity but I do expect some basic respect while doing it. I actually just had an employee put in a 2 week notice then asked if its possible to take him off the schedule sooner as he would love some extra time off and I was 100% able to do that for him. Not only did he leave us on super good terms he has a standing job offer if it doesn't work out for him and a written reference to use for future jobs because he was nothing but respectful to us the entire time and that's all I ask for.

Like you said in some industries the world is way smaller than you expect and its not worth the risk most times to destroy those connections.
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This guy gives good advice. Also once you aren’t working a shit job they can call people who do know you and ask. “Off the record” of course.
 
Sad, I remember the days long ago when they made good games. They are now just a husk of what they once were. Greed killed Blizzard.
 
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