<i>"ome Silicon Valley veterans fear that companies are overpaying for talent and that some of the acquired employees will defect as soon as they can, perhaps b

<i>"ome Silicon Valley veterans fear that companies are overpaying for talent and that some of the acquired employees will defect as soon as they can, perhaps because they will get restless in a corporate environment. And venture capitalists, who hope for windfalls in the tens or hundreds of millions if not more, will only grudgingly settle for less"</i> I think this is the biggest problem if a company buys another company simply for its engineers. I will hazard a guess and say that probably half of the team will leave simply cause they "made it". More than likely these guys are comfortable working in a startup environment then a "corporate setting". I wonder what most of the HN community here will do if your product or company gets bought out simply for your talent. I'll certainly leave if I pocket at least $1m~$2m and do something on my on.