Obviously the recruiter and HR will never read the whole thing. In business, most people learn to skip to the end of long emails to get the call-to-action or su

Obviously the recruiter and HR will never read the whole thing. In business, most people learn to skip to the end of long emails to get the call-to-action or summary, then read the whole thing if they need more background, so I don't think it's rude to write a long "thanks, but no thanks" email. Now: Did the author waste his own time? He's the only judge of that. I personally applaud it. Sometimes the act of writing something like this out helps you clarify your own personal mission. It's like putting up a pirate flag on your building. The big companies don't care, but you do, and maybe one day you'll ship something like Macintosh. I'm not really plugged into the video scene, so I have no idea how cogent Amos's comments are about codecs and what-not. But he does a good job of communicating his passion for independence. If even one person reads that and thinks to themselves, "Yeah! I'm that passionate about origami folding displays, I'm going to stick it out," what a glorious win that would be.