I'm currently making some software that's going to be bad ass! At frist, I was thinking about working with my friend Joe and his programmer on this software, however, I have to face an unfortunate fact - money has corrupted my friend... I thought to myself "Hmmmmm ... maybe ill tell my friend Joe about this software so he can just go off behind my back and get his programmer to develop it ... (speaking from experience).
Last year, I laid out detail blue prints for some software that was based off months of my research... I shared this research with my friend Joe. He took it upon himself to take my software plans and get some programmer to design it for him behind my back....
He screwed up in many ways ... one of the most apparent was the fact that he left the single most important feature out in his description (the ability to create sub-domains on the fly).
After long talks with Joe, I ended up forgiving him for the
''misunderstanding'' and even went as far as helping him fix the description of
'his' software...
*** a hop skip and jump later, Joe ended up with this program that he now calls "his software" ... Somehow, some way, Joe truly believes that the software he is currently using to make a fortune is the result of his efforts and the efforts of his programmers ... and has nothing to do with me.
LOL, I think it's amazing how people justify things in their heads'.... I've seen it before with other of my relatives. The money blinds them.
I recently tried working with Joe again only to find that he's still totally out for himself. He's just putting out sites for himself while incorporating my ideas into his operation - such as my templates, my topics (fences, handbags, etc). When some of his new sites got indexed and started pulling great money, he emails me suggesting that we do NOT use his software in our project.
I really do like Joe (and have forgiven him), however, money has brought out the worse in him ... he's not the same guy he once was, and this really hurts me.
Another example of how money has corrupted him was apparent that last time I went out with him on his boat....
In the past, I used to let Joe drive my boat (he even wrecked it once), my car, my dirtbikes, and whatever other toy I had... The other day, we went out on his little jet boat ... we were on a huge lake and I asked him if I could drive his boat ... he said "no." Then he tried to justify his answer by comparing me to some of his friends he let drive and nearly wrecked it.
I've let Joe use / drive anything I've ever had... On top of that, I've driven boats, jet skies, dirtbikes, etc my entire life (and Joe obviously knows this). I don't think there was much danger letting me drive his boat for a few minutes in a 900 acre lake... especially with him right beside me in the middle of a huge lake.
I wonder if he remembers that I saved him from a life of minimum wage by
teaching him internet marketing... and the reason he has most of his toys that he wont share is because of my willingness to share.
Well, I guess that's the tragedy of money - it so easily corrupts people ... especially if you've been without it your whole life.
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