In the interview they asked my biggest weakness. I’d planned to say “perfectionism”, like everybody does. Instead what came out was: “I get bored after about four months.” The panel wrote it down. I got the job. I got bored after four months. My manager reminded me, very calmly, that I had warned them. Then my replacement started. She was bored in three.
The only promise you've ever kept was the one that ended you.