> Instead, they played Rick like a fiddle, burned out all of his talent and skill, and once Rick was considered damaged goods, kicked his ass to the curb for th

> Instead, they played Rick like a fiddle, burned out all of his talent and skill, and once Rick was considered damaged goods, kicked his ass to the curb for the good of the company’s productivity. How brave! How heroic! There is always two parties involved, the player and the fiddle. The assumption that the developer was sucked empty and thrown away is the OPs alone, the article referred to does not provide details of attempts at intervention.