[catgary]

Yeah, I think Amjad would be fully justified in saying “Hey, I’m not comfortable with this. I don’t think keeping that website up is worth throwing away a strong reference from the CEO of a highly funded company - do you?”.

A reference/relationship like that is worth a lot more than a project that is a little sketchy. No matter what happens, I think the intern has taken a net loss from this whole fiasco.

[Griffinsauce]

> I don’t think keeping that website up is worth throwing away a strong reference from the CEO of a highly funded company - do you?

Why does it have to be in this tone? It's honestly even worse because it would put himself on a pedestal.

If he was truly worried he could simply have a conversation about said worry. You are just reframing to a different threat.

[schaefer]

There isn’t a lot of value in a “good reference” from someone with a bad character.

On the other hand, What has Amjad lost today in terms of personal reputation?

Can’t say I agree with your assessment of who’s finished the day with a net loss.

[catgary]

Amjad would have been a pretty amazing reference before this incident (and I’m 80% sure it’s blown over at this point…)

[fastasucan]

Its not a good way to settle disagreements by making threats as you outline here. I think your suggestion is as bad a way of handling this as the original way. Why not react positively, re-state your intent to hire the intern, say that this is indeed interesting for the company - and because of that - could you please make it not public (against a bonus) and maybe keep working on it inside repl.it.