Many years ago I worked for three companies - Smith and Nephew, Sulzer Orthopedics, and Wright Medical. All good companies in their day with hundreds of employees.
I left each company for a better opportunity in startups and never looked back. I left behind many friends, acquaintances and mentors. I walked away from security and embraced risk. I left the known for the unknown.
Today, working as a retained recruiter, I accidentally bump into people from my early days at S+N, Sulzer and Wright.
It's a funny thing when I look back. Nobody surprised me. I could have predicted each indivi...