[shubhamjain]

This answer is completely nonsensical. I wonder if it's a satire, especially the last line? I have never once met an employer who grilled me on gaps in my resume and if the question did come up, most were positively surprised that I took a jab at something risky and came out better in the process. In the industry where starting up is so commonplace, I have hard time believing even a corporate company weighing it too much against a candidate.

[datathrow0007]

My close(ish) confidants in my industry will be understanding; and those outside of my inner circle will be polite and cordial about it; but behind closed doors people will judge you, and use it against you.

Perhaps we simply run in different circles.

[SirMaster]

If a company is going to judge me in that way then I wouldn't want to work for them anyways. Would be like dodging a bullet for me.

Maybe I do run in different circles too. I have only worked for small companies where upper management knows me and values me. I'm not just a faceless employee and I wouldn't have it any other way.