More often than not, employers at startups seem to take routine employee departures personally. Common mistake. Probably has something to do with the amount of

More often than not, employers at startups seem to take routine employee departures personally. Common mistake. Probably has something to do with the amount of personal energy most founders have invested in recruiting, and how difficult recruiting has become. Not an excuse, just a rationalization. Fairly common. Not at all excusable behavior on the part of the CEO. Take it as proof that you were a valued member of the team. There's a chance you'll hear something like "CEO casually remarked you weren't that valued anyway", etc. Honestly I've seem startup CEOs act like they just got dumped by their girlfriend after a good programmer leaves, even if they've went above and beyond and stuck around for several years.