The problem is you've addressed your post to Brian, complaining about the fact that you cold-emailed him in 2012 about a job opportunity and never heard back.

The problem is you've addressed your post to Brian, complaining about the fact that you cold-emailed him in 2012 about a job opportunity and never heard back. First, the advice from the article would be to keep trying and not get discouraged, so his non-response is not in any way hypocritical. Second, if you really wanted the job, what were you doing sending an email anyway? Go and talk to the man and take it as far as sleeping outside his door so you can pounce on him if he absolutely won't respond to you. I believe that some persistent phone calls would have at least gotten you coffee. So, you've got some hurt feelings (this is understandable, nobody likes being ignored), your post sounds a bit like sour grapes, it's only tangentially related to the article, and that's probably why people downvoted you. What's the point of trying to embarrass the guy here? It just looks bad for you, I would just delete everything honestly.