Accepted an offer with another firm but don’t start for a while. A very interesting and short project came up at my current firm. Is it a bad idea to take this? Should I just try to not get staffed?

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Act business as usual. You don’t want to burn bridges Incase you ever have to come back

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Continue work as usual until you give notice. Even then, if the work is interesting, no reason to roll yourself off.

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OP, when do you start the new job ?

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