I'm hesitant to submit this comment, but something really rubs me the wrong way about this post. It most reminds me of the 'uncanny valley' feeling. Or Patrick

I'm hesitant to submit this comment, but something really rubs me the wrong way about this post. It most reminds me of the 'uncanny valley' feeling. Or Patrick Bateman, but that would be too hyperbolic a comparison. Maybe it's the advertisement for his book at the end of the article. Maybe it's the repeated 'what happened to me was justified and I thank those who make the decisions' groveling-like contriteness, even though objectively that should be a good thing. Maybe it's the informal-but-not-like-idlewords/pinboard tone of voice. Or maybe it's just the connection with AppSumo and the general dislike I have of people who do marketing as their primary talent. I feel like I'm being unfair and I deserve to be downvoted because I cannot properly articulate what bothers me so much about this, but at the same time it's so... unsettling that I can't keep myself from doing so. Maybe if I talked to the guy I'd feel different. Maybe I'm just unfairly biased against marketing as a profession. It's very confusing and my apologies for anyone who read this whole comment.