> In other words, he pissed management off. He busted his as off trying to improve the product and was rewarded by being treated like shit. No, he wasted valua

> In other words, he pissed management off. He busted his as off trying to improve the product and was rewarded by being treated like shit. No, he wasted valuable time and company resources attempting to do something that wasn't needed, or asked for, and provided no value (arguably negative value) to his team in doing so. Of course people work hard and aren't rewarded for it, but it sounds like it's the case here that this cowboy was trying to outwit the system and ended up hurting the team a lot with his irresponsibility.