Related, and as an example of how I changed: 6 years after getting pushed out, I was being, in my opinion, extorted by the lawyer of a fortune 100 to do something sketchy. He said [We] “will destroy you personally and professionally.” “You won’t be able to get a job in this country.”
To which I responded without hesitation: “Ok, then I’ll go to China and knock off all your stuff.”
I didn’t compromise. They took their shot and I didn’t get destroyed personally or professionally. They sky stayed blue. Standing up to them is on my resume with great results. That poor dude spent the next 9 years trying to find out if I went to China.
–in a Ren voice-- Maybe I did. Maybe I didn’t. I guess we’ll never know!
