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We sold to one of the mega tech companies a couple of years ago. I'm still at the company as an engineering manager. I haven't decided what I want to do next an
by acqthrowaway 9y ago
We sold to one of the mega tech companies a couple of years ago. I'm still at the company as an engineering manager. I haven't decided what I want to do next and there's still some time until my golden handcuffs expire.
- dsign 9y agoIf you don't mind to share, how long are your "golden handcuffs"? I'm quite fearful of those....
- SOLAR_FIELDS 9y agoAnecdotally what I typically see is a big chunk of change over 4-5 years and then smaller chunks every year to extend the handcuffs. YMMV
- dsign 9y agoIt's quite a long time ... I guess many entrepreneurs just want to move on and hate being on the "you are behold to us" part of the acquisition...
- dagw 9y agoI can kind of understand both sides. Company I used to work for bought up a small company to expand their product portfolio. I don't know the details, but the acquired company was never really happy with their new life and 2-3 years later almost everybody from that acquisition had left (and taken some of their new colleagues with them) and there was no one left in the company that could really continue the work they'd been doing. Basically 3-4 years later it was as if the acquisition had never taken place
- acqthrowaway 9y agoMy handcuffs are for three years.