Imagine that this article read as follows: "I used to have a great job working at Yelp. I was paid highly for it and accomplished a lot. I even got stock options. I've made it now though. Screw working hard, I'm through with that. I'm paying off my mortgage and gonna live the easy life now. Good luck to all you suckers still in the software industry. Bwwuahaha."

Somehow I don't feel much sympathy for this person. Many of us have been working miserable software jobs for years, but we still give it our all and don't throw in the towel.

Yeah it's great that this person made it through, but it's a crappy example for the rest of us.