How to quit your job (and train your dragon)

Hint: less emotional grenades and psychological napalm, and more preparation and transparency.

For all that's f'ed up about the employer-employee relationship in the world -- and there's a bunch -- we don't have much research on how to quit your job. As in, how exactly do people quit jobs? You'd assume much of it is by the book. You talk with HR or your direct manager. Some paperwork is filled out. Maybe there's a goodbye lunch. Your last day is …