Slashdot has this excellent discussion on one high-tech workers experience when he submitted his resignation. More and more these days, while you are polite to offer a 2-weeks notice, very few companies will take advantage of that time to gather the knowledge you have built. They want you out the door as soon as possible in order to avoid any issues with deleted data, etc. Of course, it is never fun to be made to feel like a criminal, but it also protects you from any accusations, as well.

My advice? Be ready to walk out the door immediately after you hand in your resignation. This doesn't mean it will happen, but you need to be ready for any eventuality.

I have written about submitting your resignation in a past Career-Op article, The Right Way to Resign.

Computer Jobs -- How to Resign Professionally? MikeDawg asks: "I submitted a letter of resignation yesterday, and today I'm at home posting stories to my weblog and Slashdot. I gave my employer two weeks notice, and almost immediately, I had my accounts disabled, and my permissions revoked on all the computers at my work, which makes me unable to do anything in my position of being a 'Systems Analyst/Systems Administrator'.

(Via Slashdot.)

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