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Aside from the last clause, I'd have gone ahead and said it.

• nostrademons 18y ago
  It sounded overdramatic in my head at the time, and I was sick of arguing about whether or not it was a good idea. I'd argued enough with myself about whether it was a good idea; I didn't think that either me nor my boss was going to convince the other, so I didn't see anything productive that could come out of the discussion. Interestingly, our sales guy (who'd been sent to me earlier to get me to stay) saw this immediately. After I explained why I was doing this, he said immediately, "So, even if the Goldman Sachs deal came through tomorrow, and we were rolling in customers, you'd still leave?" I said "Yeah. This is something I have to do, regardless of what the outcome is or what I'm giving up in the process." And he just said, "Interesting. I see where you're coming from. You should go do it; when you're this set on something, you're doing a disservice both to us and to yourself to not pursue it."