As an executive, my expectations are a bit different. I’m more loyal to the company, and the company is more loyal to me.

To prevent the company from being too disloyal we have golden parachutes.

I see what you’re saying and I respect it. You have to take care of yourself first.

However, as someone who worked in one of those fields, it’s draining when over half of your leaders are trend hoppers. They get up on stage frequently and talk about how excited they are, and how it’s a long journey ahead. And then as soon as the industry takes a slight downturn they all leave in unison.

Some of the leaders are truly passionate about the field and they’re still around. It’s very clear who is who from the way they act towards the employees.

The experience taught me to avoid hype industries unless I’m willing to make money the number one goal in my life, which is harder than I thought, since life has plenty of things more enjoyable than money.

It's not about company loyalty, it's about whether you actually believe in any of this tech. And you're supposed to, when you're a director with PR duties.

Until someone looks in that employee's wake and sees one dumpster fire after another and the employee being the common denominator. These people aren't just jumping from hype space to hype space, they are torching each of those projects to extract short term gains to the detriment of the teams under them.

Sometimes I wish I had the shamelessness some people have, it seems to be a great way to advance your career.

> You might run everything you touch into the ground, but hey who cares?

In a more perfect world, when this resume hits the hiring committee's desk, they read it and think "this leadership role is too important to fill with someone who's never managed a downturn."