[joshmn]

For what it's worth, I'm not qualified by any means, but I've tangoed with both Amazon and Google extensively. Though I'm younger than you by a couple years, I feel like we have a similar story.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that, part of being in this industry is that it doesn't matter who you are, it matters how you do it. Mind me, I saying you're doing/did anything "wrong"; you may have caught someone on their bad day. But, by all means, don't give up. Believe me when I say that if I can do it, you can surely do it.

This quote seems relevant (though you weren't fired, like the film portrays): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1193138/quotes?item=qt1093933