Are you completely oblivious as to how much of a dick you sound like? Here's a societies claimed moral compass nice thing to do: tell him you aren't friends, possibly give him the reasons why, and leave it like that.
Don't come to HN trying to humble yourself in posting this. I bet you're a ton of fun
Yeah I am a condescending dick - to people with no skills, no capital, no ability to execute.
They don't typically bring anything to the table! I happened to internalize the idea of a co-founder with somewhat of a network to resurrect an idea that needed to be funded, and I can say that yes it did get me/us taken more seriously.
I'm finding solidarity in this thread amongst the engineers that also are annoyed with over embellishing business sales guys that don't have a clue.
Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but the "solidarity" amongst engineers in this thread is somewhat close to "fuck the money, be more of a moral ethical human" which is so, so far from what you've described. I don't think you should automatically lump yourself in with them.
Yes, I, and many others, have something close to the same feelings you do towards these types. However, we don't pride ourselves on being manipulative wolves and going "hehe I actually hate you" under our breath.
Have you, perhaps, considered, that he maybe feels the same way about you, but is even more of a manipulative asshole and has strung you along more than you can possibly imagine by being a complete psychopath?
Anyways, there's probably not much of a point in trying to reason with somebody like you. If you can't tell, if there were only "you's" and "hims" in the world... it would only end in two petty parties, and then war, with no good for the hypothetical humanity at all. Enjoy your money and your arguably strange views on making the future a brighter place.
