Good for you.
Living in the Bay Area I have seen a lot of companies come and go. In the .com days I must have deleted 100+ voicemails from recruiters while working for ADP (fortune 100 company, blah, blah). I had friends go to start ups that made them millionaires on paper only to have the crash wipe them out. They all found new better jobs over the years. It hurt a little but they all bounced back.
I have other friends who were in the first 100 employees of Salesforce.com, early on at eBay, google, and so on. Some cashed out others are still there because they love what they do.
Me, I stayed put because it was safe. 11 years later I got sick of the BS and bailed. Looking back I regreat staying as long as I did and not taking the chance or those phone calls.
3 years ago, after 14 years in the same industry, I made a total career change. Have been drinking from the fire house ever sense but love it. Should have done it earlier... But I always knew that if it didn't work out I could go back to what I knew in a heart beat.
Embrase the change... It will all work out - best of luck.
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