[vidarh]

Part of the background here is his previous sale of a business in the same market, that he felt justified certain value assumptions on his end, coupled with being approached in a manner that he at least felt indicated they were looking to acquire the product, rather than primarily looking to hire him.

Even so, the article several times point out that maybe he was naive about how these things works. I read it more as a cautionary "look here how the recruiters worked over naive me" than unwarranted whining.