I sold a business a decade ago. I had two main offers, $X today, or $X today plus $Y in a year with me staying on board. I took $X and left, no interest in stay

I sold a business a decade ago. I had two main offers, $X today, or $X today plus $Y in a year with me staying on board. I took $X and left, no interest in staying on board because I knew what the new owners would do, and I knew they'd wind up blaming me. 3 years later they totally abandoned the business. Some people you just can't work with, and the writer here didn't want to work with Facebook.