Ask HN: How to Quit a Solo Developer Role?

I am currently the solo developer for a small team where I run the technology side of the company.

I work directly under the CEO who has zero technical background. He is constantly asking me for status updates, setting my priorities for me, and overall tends to micromanage. When I worked from home, he would ping me for updates throughout the day, sometimes even scheduling a second end-of-day standup. Now he expects me to work in-office because it's "better for rapid communication", which really just means he can micromanage more easily.

This morning I accepted a great offer for a remote position at a more established tech company.

My current predicament is that my boss will likely be completely screwed when I leave. To make matters worse, our account manager put in her notice yesterday, so he's already scrambling to find a replacement for her.

I am curious how to go about this transition without burning a bridge and screwing over my current team. One month isn't nearly enough to transition somebody into my role.

Has anybody experienced leaving a solo role without screwing over their company?

Are you doing part-time consulting work for an old company outside of your full-time job?

If you feel obliged to to do so, and it doesn't hurt your mental health or your new job, ask if he's willing to keep you part time to help with the transition on an hourly rate (much bigger than what you're getting now), for a limited amount of time (say a month or so).

Your team will understand, as probably they are all micromanaged and would like a better deal as well.

I was in a similar position a while back, but I was the one staying behind after the senior (and only other dev) quit for roughly the same reasons.

No hard feelings towards the one quitting, on the contrary. Owner just outsourced everything soon thereafter and we all just moved on. (I wanted a break to recover from the burnout - which I later realised it was a burnout - but I got a new job a couple of weeks later, from HN no less!).

Just be upfront and honest.. If he run out of money he would let you go. It's only logical that if you got a better deal you'd let him go.

Yes exactly, asynchronously during non competing hours in an unrelated industry

if you do this, charge an appropriate rate.

AT LEAST $200 an hour if not more.