> Apparently it didn't bring enough of that, so instead he's using the feigned outrage to try to achieve the same. The charity bit is particularly weak. Very r

> Apparently it didn't bring enough of that, so instead he's using the feigned outrage to try to achieve the same. The charity bit is particularly weak. Very relatable; I felt the same way about the article. When I was a younger man, I built a website for free at the request of a distant acquaintance. I told myself I was generous; I was spending weekends slaving away on Java & Spring out of the kindness of my heart. In reality, I was hoping that acquaintance would praise me, like me, and introduce me to their exclusive social circle. When I finally understood they really did just want a website-- not me or my friendship-- I got frustrated. I immediately asked to be paid with cash, despite my previous insistence it was unnecessary. There has to be a word for this invisible ledger that lives in our heads. The one that tracks the difference between our real investments and our imagined payoffs, that somehow wounds our pride and drive us to seek odd forms of recompense