[pvnick]

I am so sorry that you were screwed like that. It sucks, but look at it this way: you learned a valuable lesson that likely helped you in your career, and the other guy has to sleep at night with the knowledge of the people he screwed weighing on his conscience. At this point your negative feelings are hurting only yourself, not him. You may even find it helpful to push yourself to forgive him for his misdeed - he did it from a place of insecurity and weakness, and finding it in yourself to forgive him comes from a place of courage and strength. Resentment is poisonous, and in my time on earth I have found that revenge offers no comfort, but that healing comes only from forgiveness.