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@keccers.eth
One thing I have learned while reading X etc is that a lot of you were making multi millions of dollars while being told that you couldn't say "wife" you had to say "partner". It is causing a lot of reflection for me as to just how badly I fumbled the bag in the ZIRP era. This was not my experience. While you were all doing that, I worked for a decidedly non-woke guy at his bootstrapped startup. He gamely TOLERATED a lot of antics but it certainly never went that far. The company still bought podcast ads on Dan Bongino. Working there was the only acquisition even I have ever been a part of. Whole time this guy's like "we are selling this company and I am NOT LEAVING". The deal got done and he immediately was vapor. It was very confusing. Why did he leave? (1/2)
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keccers
@keccers.eth
I later found out that this IDIOT committed an act of revenge porn and got sued. He compromised not only his reputation but everyone's bag. He was able to pay reputation laundering firms to get personal details about himself changed in news articles about his crime. The terms of the acquisition were (perhaps obviously) contingent on him leaving. The one other IDIOT employee who got a HUGE promotion we were all confused about it? Yeah, he knew about this before the sale, and he blackmailed his way into a better job. I didn't really make lifechanging money from any of this but it was good experience and taught me about how the world works. In hindsight a way bigger check and having to refer to everyone's husbands and wives as "partner" seems net better.
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