Has anyone else experienced a deep depression or emptiness after being acquired? My company was acquired recently, and I know I shouldn't be complaining, because I made off very well, but I'm increasingly finding it difficult to stay motivated.
Pre-acquisition, it was my dream job, and I woke up each day excited to work on cool technical problems. Now I feel like I have exactly the sort of 9-5 office job I always promised myself I'd never take, and I'm finding it difficult to care about anything that I'm working on.
I know that things probably aren't as dismal as I feel they are, but it's just hard to accept that a product I cared about, and felt ownership over, is now just another checkbox on a large enterprise company's products page.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you get over those feelings? I know quitting is an option, but I'd really prefer to make the best of it, at least while the golden handcuffs are still on.
Pre-acquisition, it was my dream job, and I woke up each day excited to work on cool technical problems. Now I feel like I have exactly the sort of 9-5 office job I always promised myself I'd never take, and I'm finding it difficult to care about anything that I'm working on.
I know that things probably aren't as dismal as I feel they are, but it's just hard to accept that a product I cared about, and felt ownership over, is now just another checkbox on a large enterprise company's products page.
Has anyone been in a similar situation? How did you get over those feelings? I know quitting is an option, but I'd really prefer to make the best of it, at least while the golden handcuffs are still on.