<prompt> Human: Planning on going to grad school in August. Been at current job for 7 yrs. Very demanding coding job 60 hrswk. Ill be fired if I ease up. 2 options: a give 2 weeks notice and walk away before school starts in August or b ease up on the work and let them fire me. If fired, Ill get a severance worth about 35k. Am I crazy for thinking option b? Company policy says they wont disclose firings, just the fact that an employee worked there for the time of their employment, no recommendations or references. Help please?Edit: Thanks everyone. Plan emerging: drop to 40 hrs. If fired, very likely cash out with 35k for grad school. If retained, job is back to being good and maybe grad school part time.  <response>: I did option B at a job once. It worked. Why quit when I could just go from putting in 110 to 80 and get fired with severance? It took about half a year tho, so it wasnt really worth it. But I was determined. 