This Hacker News thread will likely be the most human thought ever expended on this portion of your resume, by a factor of lots. You're overestimating how much

This Hacker News thread will likely be the most human thought ever expended on this portion of your resume, by a factor of lots. You're overestimating how much the recruiter cares about individual line items in your work history. (Heck, many of them will not even bother to check a single one of your references.) In the highly unlikely event that it comes up in the interview, you simply say "<What I did and why this demonstrates my ability to increase your company's revenue or reduce its costs> The firm subsequently went out of business." Many, many people in our industry have resume line items from organizations which are no longer going concerns. One would hope your recruiter has adjusted to this reality. If not, I might file that under "Dodged a bullet."