This happened to me too. Small company, very fast paced, learned new tech very quickly for two years and actually pumped out awesome products (in addition to o

This happened to me too. Small company, very fast paced, learned new tech very quickly for two years and actually pumped out awesome products (in addition to other small company perks). After the acquisition, the way we worked completely changed for the worse. I ended up leaving and so did about 50% of the developers. Promotions became much more difficult to achieve, raises were below or only matched inflation, and pretty much every aspect of work became more bureaucratic. This was exactly why I had left my previous company, and I ended up leaving this one as well after giving it a shot. Stagnating my career was not worth it especially in a hot job market.