Context: I was leaving a startup (so as to avoid getting asked to leave), and I had a final lunch with a member of the C-suite. He had not exactly been my frien

Context: I was leaving a startup (so as to avoid getting asked to leave), and I had a final lunch with a member of the C-suite. He had not exactly been my friend at work but at that point we were in the same boat. I expressed concern about how the whole thing was going to look to future employers, and he said: “This is tech. Nobody cares how many times you’ve been fired.” He was dead right. Nobody even really asks. I just say we had a good run and then the company changed significantly after a difficult funding round and afterwards I wasn’t as good a fit. I should let him know that his remark was prophetic.