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M. LoppManaging Humanshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7116-2_57

57. Shields Down

A glimpse of a potential different future
Michael Lopp1  
(1)
Los Gatos, CA, USA
 

Resignations happen in a moment, and it’s not when you declare, “I’m resigning.” The moment happened a long time ago when you received a random email from a good friend who asked, “I know you’re really happy with your current gig because you’ve been raving about it for a year, but would you like to come visit Our Company? No commitment. Just coffee.”

Now, everyone involved in this conversation is aware of what is going down. While there is certainly no commitment, there is definitely an agenda. The reason they want you to visit The Company is because, of course, they ...

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