The old guard departures

We’re at the point about 5+ years into the startup journey that a lot of the early employees have been hitting their 3+ year mark and have started to branch out to something different. That’s pretty expected as most people nowadays don’t often stick at a company longer than 3 years, but it’s a bit sad nonetheless.

These people were the early believers in Secfi who busted their asses to get us off the ground. They endured a lot of late nights and sucker punches and stuck through it to get us to this point. I’m fortunate to call a lot of these soon to be former colleagues friends as well.

Of course, I would love for them to stick around longer, but people move on and nothing lasts forever. I’m of the belief that good managers know your employees can leave, but great ones expect them to leave. I’ve been expecting and seeing a lot of these departures over the last couple years.

It’s been really sad to see some of the early folks who have built Secfi go, but I’m always excited for their next journeys.