Against my better judgement, I feel it necessary to reply to this.<p>I tried very hard to end things on a positive note with Pillar. I called Don repeatedly trying to connect with him, I called Jim repeatedly trying to connect with him, and I tried having a civil and adult conversation with Brandt.<p>What I got was silence, insults, and a legal demand letter for venting to friends and family on Facebook, and a permanent ban from attending user groups hosted at Pillar. User groups that I brought into Pillar.<p>Do I fault Pillar for firing me? No, of course not. I was a little upset, but I get it. But what they did wasn&#x27;t an appropriate response and after I learned that they did this to other people as well, I had to act.<p>Talk to the other developers on my team, they will tell you that I was in good spirits and wished them both well in the future when I got in touch with them.<p>I did my part to handle things professionally, I really did. Pillar escalated this well out of proportion than it needed to be. Someone needs to speak up and say something about the way Pillar treats people after they are done with them and how they handle critics (these other people who, in some cases are legally gagged against speaking up).