I don’t really understand why I found this at the top of HN, but it feels likely to be popular for reasons other than intended, as OP comes off as entitled and

I don’t really understand why I found this at the top of HN, but it feels likely to be popular for reasons other than intended, as OP comes off as entitled and prone to overreaction. I would never hire someone who wrote a post like this in response to such a mild slight, it demonstrates a tendency to blow small things way out of proportion. The supposed offenses of the employer are extremely commonplace in hiring, saying this from having been on both sides many times. Sometimes you don’t get to know why they took a pass, usually because you wouldn’t like the answer. Having such thin skin is a personality flaw and I daresay the CEO picked up on that.