I had a very similar experience. The CEO and I had some major drift in what we wanted from the product and company (I thought we were doing slightly unethical s

I had a very similar experience. The CEO and I had some major drift in what we wanted from the product and company (I thought we were doing slightly unethical stuff), so we had to part ways. He was honest about it, I was honest about it, he gave me an awesome severance package and I rode off into the sunset without giving any trouble about it. My team was a bit gutted, in part because it was so unexpected and they were worried about their own jobs, but it smoothed over fairly quickly and easily. I fielded questions for my team for 5 years or so. That was awesome. I felt like I had a little legacy there! I didn’t get paid, but the extent of my help was a short call, response to an email, a slack message, etc. I was happy to help. I really liked the people I worked with.