What exactly do you mean by going through an exit and not cashing out? In the exit I went through, everyone stayed for a couple of years and helped integrate th

What exactly do you mean by going through an exit and not cashing out? In the exit I went through, everyone stayed for a couple of years and helped integrate the product into the larger company's offerings and infrastructure. No one was cast aside, but some people got bored and left, and some stuck around and are just regular engineers who are part of a larger company now. After going through an exit and getting some money, some people feel they have scratched their startup itch and are happy to be out of startup mode now, and some want to start something new and prove they can "do it again".