[gsteph22]

I'm the guy who quit with OP. In fact, his lead engineer (on paper). There's an interesting dynamic when two people quit at the same time. Game theory time!

We do have a fair amount of leverage when it comes to negotiating severance pay, due to our knowledge of distributed architecture.

But yes, we're committed 150% to the startup. And submitted our YC application a few days ago :)

[javery]

If you have knowledge they need why not just offer to provide consulting services back to the company while they transition. This way you get to eat and they get a smoother transition.

[crad]

Looks like you guys are doing something in the database space. Good luck!