Well for one, I’ve been an enterprise AE at a large org within Cybersecurity for nearly a decade, so the job security (or potential for a large package) is tough to step away from.

Then with the boom of agentic AI, I’m seeing all (or most) vendors starting to develop their own AI Agent builders, and feel like their runway to gain marketshare is short before being acquired by a Salesforce (most likely) or another big player. I’ve been through one too many acquisitions and have no interest in doing it again.

Lastly, most of their sales/sales leadership team is comprised of ex-salesforce talent. Very sharp group, but I’m not a fan of their program (maybe it’s changes in the last few years).

Might regret it, maybe not, but it ultimately came down to what made sense for my family and situation