Within the tech community there are some bad actors. Typically, their mindset stems from the fact that they're very inexperienced, haven't been in the industry for very long, and have high opinions of themselves. They're always right, and everyone else is always wrong. These are the types of people who don't understand that burning bridges is probably the worst thing you can do, especially in the tech industry in Michigan. The tech industry in Michigan is very small, and everyone here knows everyone else. Even among competing companies there are friendships, since all of us know that at any time, people can move around. That's just how it is.
Unfortunately, these types of bad actors are ignorant to these facts, and when they think they've been wronged they spend more time being destructive than they do being productive. The result is that they embarrass themselves, typically without knowing it, by trying to play the victim, saying ridiculous things, portraying themselves to the tech community and to employers as a liability, and somehow don't think that potential future employers don't already know their name and what they've done. Fortunately for the rest of us, companies like Sentinel (and our local competitors) quickly learn these peoples' names, and their own actions will make it almost impossible for them to continue to poison our local industry.
