I quit. I left. I broke free of my Hamsterrad, lol.
The byline cost me friends, family, and trust. The byline bought me absolute freedom.
It is a bargain I am still weighing — still doing the math on whether the wage and the price come out balanced. But the act itself? That I will never regret.
Let me tell you a story. In a world far, far, far away, there were some wannabe emperors leading our institutions and our kingdoms. Everyone could see that the emperors were naked — every last one of them. And yet everyone went on pretending they were fully clothed.
Hence I pose the question: why is everyone lying?
Ps — the founder.