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there's no way i'm reading all of that.
Here?s the cliff notes:
Poor me. I?m great and creative, and I don?t like it when things don?t go my way. I?ve been used and abused. I?m so misunderstood. Why don?t people see things my way?
Here's the main thing I get out of it:
They paid me next to nothing ?
Well what is “next to nothing” to Mike V? Neither of us know what the actual amount is, but considering the source and his tendency to exaggerate, I’d bet “next to nothing” is probably more like “not what I think I’m worth”.
This isn’t his first BBQ and he lives a pretty cushy life now, so I don’t buy that he went into this blindly with good intentions, only to find out they are only going to pay him next to nothing. In all likeliness things didn’t turn out how he expected and now he is playing the victim again.
He goes in there expected to get paid more to do the job he turned down 13 years ago (which according to his blog has been filled by the same person since), and so he bails. Then gets all hurt when they decide against letting him play both sides of the fence.
I’m not defending George Powell or his practices, but he is a businessman. Why would you work with a guy who shows no commitment, has talked bad about you and your company time and again, and yes will ultimately be your competition? Because he spent 4 years with Powell in the 90’s when he had nowhere else to go? He said it himself; he swallowed his pride and buckled down with them because he had no other choice.
That's how I see it. I'm not saying I'm right.