People can (and often will) be vindictive, specially people with the power over you and your career. Call me cynical, but in my few decades of work life I've co

People can (and often will) be vindictive, specially people with the power over you and your career. Call me cynical, but in my few decades of work life I've come across more than a few such people. Say what you will about how you wish leaders would behave, but reality is different. I've seen ego- and power-tripping at all levels, even in situations where the people playing these games had nothing to gain or lose from torpedoing the other. Imran Chaudhri would have been best served by keeping all written communications strictly minimal and work related. Something along the lines of "I'm leaving in a months' time for other opportunities. It was a pleasure working here, thank you for your support, wishing you all the best." Nothing would have been misinterpreted. Keep any and all sentiments out of work related communication.