> Almost immediately after I arrived, I learned our VP of Engineering – who I hugely respected – was leaving. Disappointing, but nothing like the shock one mont

> Almost immediately after I arrived, I learned our VP of Engineering – who I hugely respected – was leaving. Disappointing, but nothing like the shock one month later when, at a Friday debrief, it was announced that our CTO and the two other most senior engineers had also resigned. > I remember that meeting, where I and two others remained at the table after everyone else had left the boardroom. “Shit” and “well this is fucked” was all we managed to say into the shocked silence, and I began to worry that I’d made a terrible mistake. This was my experience, too. The company just released its v2 app and was having meetings finalizing an acquisition the first week I was there. Within 5 months, the engineering team I worked on went from 7-8 employees to 3, including the resignation of the CTO. It's going alright now, but it definitely was worrisome.