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You're talented and hardworking. Stop taking this crap and ask him to meet your reasonable demands or leave. I'm sure someone on HN here would be more than gla

by jteo 16y ago

You're talented and hardworking. Stop taking this crap and ask him to meet your reasonable demands or leave. I'm sure someone on HN here would be more than glad to hire you for another startup.

datawalke 16y ago
Thank you for the kind words. If anyone on HN is hiring or looking to keep some extra talent in mind I would love to talk to you. I am very good at a select few things: UI Design, PHP (Specifically CakePHP), XHTML/CSS, and Problem Solving. I am also okay and very comfortable with Subversion and MySQL.I have a passion for the web and automation. You can contact me via HN or at: nowjobhunting@gmail.com
- carbocation 16y ago
  May I suggest creating a throwaway Gmail account for this purpose and removing your real email address in order to prevent your employer from finding this via a trivial Google search?
  - datawalke 16y ago
    Good catch, thank you. The email address was unknown in this realm, but still could easily be connected to me with a little research. Took your advice and created one. Thank you.
- ojbyrne 16y ago
  Where specifically are you located? Northern East Coast is a little vague.
  - datawalke 16y ago
    Pennsylvania.
    - ojbyrne 16y ago
      How far from Philly?
    - ojbyrne 16y ago
      Email me at ojbyrne - at gmail - dot - com.
Tichy 16y ago
Personally, I would not even want to work for this company anymore, even with better terms. Not sure if there would be a point in trying to get some compensation for the last years, though (ie using the "you did some illegal stuff and I know about it" angle)? I probably wouldn't bother and just move on, but that might be where I am too soft. Edit: reading some of the other comments, with respect to being too soft. Perhaps it would be worth consulting a lawyer, and let them do the dirty work. Being too soft and letting other people take advantage for you could be a good reason for hiring a hard-nosed lawyer. The danger might be to be taken advantage of by the lawyer, too. But my mother actually once had a lawyer get her a lot of money from her employer, and he said "it is not only important because of the money, but because of you". I was really impressed by that - certainly dragging this nagging feeling around that you are a loser also takes it's toll, so fighting it out might be worth it.

by jteo 16y ago

You're talented and hardworking. Stop taking this crap and ask him to meet your reasonable demands or leave. I'm sure someone on HN here would be more than glad to hire you for another startup.

datawalke 16y ago

Thank you for the kind words. If anyone on HN is hiring or looking to keep some extra talent in mind I would love to talk to you. I am very good at a select few things: UI Design, PHP (Specifically CakePHP), XHTML/CSS, and Problem Solving. I am also okay and very comfortable with Subversion and MySQL.I have a passion for the web and automation. You can contact me via HN or at: nowjobhunting@gmail.com

carbocation 16y ago
May I suggest creating a throwaway Gmail account for this purpose and removing your real email address in order to prevent your employer from finding this via a trivial Google search?
- datawalke 16y ago
  Good catch, thank you. The email address was unknown in this realm, but still could easily be connected to me with a little research. Took your advice and created one. Thank you.
ojbyrne 16y ago
Where specifically are you located? Northern East Coast is a little vague.
- datawalke 16y ago
  Pennsylvania.
  - ojbyrne 16y ago
    How far from Philly?
  - ojbyrne 16y ago
    Email me at ojbyrne - at gmail - dot - com.

Tichy 16y ago

Personally, I would not even want to work for this company anymore, even with better terms. Not sure if there would be a point in trying to get some compensation for the last years, though (ie using the "you did some illegal stuff and I know about it" angle)? I probably wouldn't bother and just move on, but that might be where I am too soft. Edit: reading some of the other comments, with respect to being too soft. Perhaps it would be worth consulting a lawyer, and let them do the dirty work. Being too soft and letting other people take advantage for you could be a good reason for hiring a hard-nosed lawyer. The danger might be to be taken advantage of by the lawyer, too. But my mother actually once had a lawyer get her a lot of money from her employer, and he said "it is not only important because of the money, but because of you". I was really impressed by that - certainly dragging this nagging feeling around that you are a loser also takes it's toll, so fighting it out might be worth it.