After 20 years working on the same platform maybe he didn't want to go into that fight, knowing the eventual outcome anyway. I have seen that quite often with

After 20 years working on the same platform maybe he didn't want to go into that fight, knowing the eventual outcome anyway. I have seen that quite often with my ex-colleague. Some people have been working on the company for ages, solving issues in the same business realm and just at the beginning of the next big thing in the company, they decide it is time to go someplace else. I used to think they were just afraid they could not compete, or were technically rusty. With many more years in the industry, I understand that the most likely reason is that they didn't want to commit to another round of the same bullshit with new shiny tech on top of it and they simply needed some fresh air. We are lucky to be employed in an industry where you can still say fuck it and find something else to do instead.