When is it considered okay to leave a job? I work as a software

>>17228183
>When is it considered okay to leave a job?
Two weeks after you have the new one lined up. Immediately after you have the new one lined up if you don't give a shit about where you're leaving.

Are you part of a team? Do they need you? Would you be fucking them over if you left before the product was finished?

If yes, finish what you started. If no, just follow the terms of your contract. If that means 2 weeks notice, give them 2 weeks notice.

And this should go without saying, but it's a bad idea to quit a job if you don't have another one lined up already. Start looking/interviewing BEFORE you quit

Lots of factors in play here.

Before you do anything, make sure you know what your non-compete claus is. A lot of software companies have employees sign non-competes which prevents them from working with other companies for about 6 months to a year, usually this isn't enforced unless you leave on really bad terms.

Second of all, it depends how crucial you are in your position. If leaving might damage the project you need to be a long advance and offer to train someone to replace you, not doing so may bite you in the ass if you use this company and experience as a reference.

Lastly, make sure you have a job lined up before even considering leaving.

That's pretty much it, good luck.

>>17228193
Very important to the project
There are three projects working concurrently and I coded 90-95% of all of them
That's my main concern though. I don't want to get stuck in a nebulous black hole where I can never leave the job because they rely on me _so much_

>>17228423
Give them notice and ask them what they'd think is reasonable for you to hand over the project to someone else