"I actually come prepared for this question, and have a line to explain each and every job I've departed in reverse chronological order. And I'd be happy to read them off if you'd like. You do? Okay...
- VCs merged us with a Chinese acquisition and sent our work overseas
- Manager ignored my memos for 5 years and then said "you have no new ideas" to my face in a review
- Sales team demanded an emergency prototype and then let a competitor steal the contract
- Company pivoted into a different tech stack overnight
- Google rewrote our code in a weekend and kicked us out of Android
- Owner wouldn't install health benefits (+$5K) but hired his daughter for the summer for busywork
- Company abandoned the market and went into Facebook games