Strange. His description of the situation sounds like the company treated him exactly the way it should treat contractors. They payed him an hourly wage to do

Strange. His description of the situation sounds like the company treated him exactly the way it should treat contractors. They payed him an hourly wage to do a job, and kept him at arm's length. That's what contracting is. They asked for lots of hours, which is fine. They paid for them. They asked for some weekends, which is fine. As long as they pay for them, which they did. And as long as the contractor agreed to work them, which he did. In short, it sounds like a completely amicable gig. Except for the part where the author is upset about it. He doesn't really explain what he thinks the company did wrong. I can see lots of places where he did himself a dis-service. Agreeing to work in the software industry for $11/hr is one place, as is agreeing to work hours he would have preferred not to, as is misunderstanding the relationship and expecting mentoring, recognition, training, promotion, etc. But none of that is the company's fault. You hear a lot of horror stories from the gaming industry. This doesn't seem to be one of them.