[__MatrixMan__]

My last job was a failed startup. I felt like the view from its wreckage was a unique vantage point. From there I could see where we went wrong and I knew who was doing it right (because we were eyeballing the competition).

I was still interested in the space, so I just applied at one of the competitors that was excelling where we were failing. I put "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" in my cover letter.

That was six months ago. So far, I'm happy with that way of moving on from a failure.