Comment by onedev | Hacker News Reader

Comment by onedev | Hacker News Reader

Quit ASAP. You owe them nothing. I am telling you right now, whatever justice you are trying to achieve by "standing by your word", you will not achieve it and they will still fuck you over. DO NOT under any circumstances waste more of your time. Let me rephrase. Do not waste any of your LIFE on this situation. It's not worth it.

Here is what you should do starting right now.

1. Document everything that you still can. Emails, conversations, records. Get everything and put it into a folder. You will need this in case something comes up later.

2. Quit tomorrow.

3. Go pursue your startup idea. If you need more savings and want to build some up, do some freelance projects which I'm sure others on here would be happy to point you towards. You already said additional money is not a requirement so there should be nothing stopping you from wasting your time.

Again, you owe them nothing.

I love checklists :

1. On it. I've gotten emails forwarded to my personal account and d no personal projects on work laptops or time. Atleast I've got that going for me.

2. :( Can't pull that off right now.

3. I hadn't thought of this. Or rather, had discounted it because it would lead to a lack of focus. However, too many people have now suggested this for me to ignore. Thanks :)

> 2. :( Can't pull that off right now.

Why can't you quit? You already gave your notice. If they are not trying to replace you, that's their problem, not yours. If you are short of money, can you get another job first, do some saving and pursue your idea on the side?

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

I've thought a lot about this since I posted this question. At the end of the day, I've given them notice till X. So, it doesn't sit right by me to not honor that :(

Yeah, it's naive, but I think getting out of this mess without devolving to their level means something to me.

This attitude is what got you into the mess in the first place. If you're not going to take the first step in trying to better yourself for your own good, then I have no faith in you.

If you're going to start a company, you're going to have to make hard decisions and have conviction. If you can't do even this when it's quite clear that it's negatively affecting you, then please don't start a company and just find another job.

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