I'm one week in my first project and I already know it's not my cup of tea - how long do I have to stay on before it's acceptable / reasonable to roll off?

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just to clarify i meant to roll off my current project, not quit the firm

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4-6 months. It’s your first project, the impression that leaves others if you were to roll off without a strong reason is not going to be amazing especially if the project is still going. This may impact performance evals, future staffing, and your brand/reputation within the firm

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Good luck! It’s a first project, doing new stuff can be especially hard in the beginning. hope you can make it work.

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2 years, give or take

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What makes you feel it isn’t your cup of tea?

I think expanding that can help clarify whether it’s a you/tenure thing, project thing or consulting thing :)

In general though, in abstract you want to ideally stay on till a natural break point in the project and push hard to get out by then.

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thank you!

Whenever the project ends

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Hah yea good luck with that

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