I get it. But it looks like you cashed-in (don’t mean that in a negative way) while the market was hot. Now, we are living in the worst job market in decades.
I can understand that. I still work part time at my old job to stay current, but for the past two years the division I ran has been on a hiring stint - continual. There is plenty of engineering backlog. In all my years there, I never had to fire anyone for lack of work.
The reason why it has the backlog is they only hire the top 1-2% of their class in areas of engineering not widely taken in school, and each candidate is comprehensively interviewed for a number of attributes. Retention is high and job satisfaction is great - it shows in the product.