Wow, this aligns with my experiences starting a solo tech start up and then getting acquired as I ran out of cash. The company that acquired my company then we

Wow, this aligns with my experiences starting a solo tech start up and then getting acquired as I ran out of cash. The company that acquired my company then went through internal struggles and the result was that I left after a few years, unable to add value any more. It feels like a failure, but equally it feels like a good lesson, but a painful one. It's 2 years after I left and I still think about it. If I could say something to my past self, I would say that "You're about to learn a hard life lesson" and not change anything. I'm careful now to try and shine a balanced light on my work there, it wasn't awesome, and it wasn't horrid. There are more people out there with similar life stories of hard lessons learnt than you might expect, and it's good for both of you to connect with them.