One of the things I always encourage people to do as part of an acquisition is to handle the transition gracefully (1 year-ish), and then start looking around for what else you might want to do inside the acquirer.  Often there won&#x27;t be anything, and you can just bide your time or flee the scene - but other times there might be a perfectly interesting job elsewhere in the organization that you can use to build your skills, beef up your resume, and live out your golden handcuffs.<p>But too many people that I see just sit there, quietly miserable, while their product dies around them.