Did you ever have a chance to make that money again. Or do you still have to work. I think the average tech founder has quite a few failures before he or she strikes it big ( if ever )
Thanks - not my company though, I am just a worker bee in a fairly large org though with a small feel about to join the big tech mothership
Consider a job search. For reasons that have nothing to do with you personally, there may be no intent to make you a Microsoft employee.
If you are searching you don’t have to take another job if offered, but you have a contingency plan and other options should things not go as swimmingly as a person might hope.
Thank you and yes planning to do that just in case
> I am just a worker bee
It's pretty common to have to re-interview for engineering jobs with the acquirer. A lot of engineers get cut in that scenario.
So make sure you update your resume and ask around if re-interviewing will be required.
My advice is: day-one stop thinking about it as your company and stop caring. Do what needs to be done to help your employees and to make the transition to MSFT a good one and then leave. I lost a great deal of money because I cared and stay around. If I had sold my stock at the first chance I could and left I'd be a millionaire many time over. I lost it all because I made dumb decisions that involved caring about my company when it wasn't mine anymore..