Because there is a glut of literature on starting new jobs, but very little on leaving them, and since New York CTO author Jon Williams is currently in the midst of doing just that, he tackles the topic. “It’s not something we think about when taking a job, and also not something discussed, its mostly taboo,” Williams writes in The last 21 days. “I do believe there are important things you should do, and not do, when leaving. I write this because if you are like me, you will have many conflicting emotions with this period of change, drama and sometimes trauma.” Obviously, leave the job smoothly. “While there is no ‘completed’ status for a job like there is a project, make it is complete as possible.” Careers