I am so done with it all.

People who publicly bash my projects as evil or malicious, while privately asking me for the source code. (and I don't mean Jikto)

People who write entire articles dismissing my contributions as irrelevant, but at the same time are so frighten by them that they purchase Google ad words on my name to ride on my success.

People who publicly question my integrity from moral high ground, and then offer me a beer like nothing has happened.

Instead of feeling hurt or angry, I just feel plain sad. Because once you’ve been sued for doing the right thing, once you’ve been tarred and feathered for being smart, you really don’t care about impressing much of anyone. But for some reason folks sure feel the need to feel more impressive than you.

I’m a curious hacker. That’s what I do. The fact that someone wants to pay me to be curious is just a happy coincidence for me. Lawsuits and mud-raking and “drama” and two-faced “friends” and the many other things I’ve seen so far, and all the things I’m sure to see in the future really don’t factor into it for me. They aren’t going to change what I like to do, what I’m damn good at, and what I’ll continue to do. They are, if anything, unfortunate, sad roadblocks.

I stand by my achievements, whether they are appreciated or not.
I stand by who I am.
I stopped caring how people accept me a long ago.

Acidus wrote:
I’m a curious hacker. That’s what I do. The fact that someone wants to pay me to be curious is just a happy coincidence for me. Lawsuits and mud-raking and “drama” and two-faced “friends” and the many other things I’ve seen so far, and all the things I’m sure to see in the future really don’t factor into it for me. They aren’t going to change what I like to do, what I’m damn good at, and what I’ll continue to do. They are, if anything, unfortunate, sad roadblocks.

That's a good attitude to have. Rise above all the entanglement and just keep on doing what you do man. I don't really know the specifics that you're speaking of, but it sounds like you have some barnacles trying to attach to the hull. Scrape 'em off and keep on going!

You should challenge those giving you a hard time to a battle rap. I mean that makes about as much sense as participating in blogosphere drama. ;)

Your mom circulates like a public key,
Servicing more requests than HTTP.
She keeps all her ports open like Windows ME
Oh, there's so much drama in the CISSP.

Acidus wrote:
People who publicly question my integrity from moral high ground, and then offer me a beer like nothing has happened.

I stand by my achievements, whether they are appreciated or not.
I stand by who I am.
I stopped caring how people accept me a long ago.

And I for one stand beside you, as you are someone I'm proud to know.

As far as those douchebags who try to ride your coattails, they'll never come close... they'll always follow... so simply ignore them... they're trivial.

And when they offer you a beer, simply say, "I'm good, Thanks... " and move on...

Keep up the great work!

That image always cheers me up.

Yeager wrote:

That image always cheers me up.

I had heard that quote before! That's awesome that their is a picture associated with it!