[talvi]

I've been on both sides of this and have done it poorly and well. The best way I've found is this.

Talk to your manager first. Communicating via email will send the wrong message and has more of a chance to be misunderstood.

Tell them why your leaving and what constraints you have (do you need to be full time at your new gig in 2 weeks/months/days or are you flexible). Then ask them how they want to proceed. This part is a negotiation and your trying to find what works for both you and the company. Don't agree to something you don't want to do - this can be mitigated by letting them know all your constraints at the beginning of the conversation.

The next steps will be decided by you and your manager. So it changes based on the specifics of your role and the company, but usually this means you'll send something out to everyone else on your team to inform them and then spend the next couple of weeks finishing projects and handing them off.

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Good call on thinking about timing, I'm probably too flexible, and having not thought about it, I'd definitely agree to something I didn't want :)