>Why would the company give him anything more than acknowledgement? Because there is a level above "doing the absolute minimum necessary" that is a nice-to-hav

>Why would the company give him anything more than acknowledgement? Because there is a level above "doing the absolute minimum necessary" that is a nice-to-have, but not at all mandatory nor expected. It seems like everyone is purposefully going out of their way to not understand that throwing him a freebee that's cheap compared to the cost of engineering time (e.g. a nintendo switch) would be a pleasant thing to do and a way to buy goodwill.