Cadence is one of the big companies in EDA (Electronic Design Automation - semiconductor chip design software) I met someone that left to go to a startup and w

Cadence is one of the big companies in EDA (Electronic Design Automation - semiconductor chip design software) I met someone that left to go to a startup and was bought by Cadence. He did this 5 times and about 2-3 years later Cadence would buy the startup he was at. He just couldn't get away.