You may/may not remember me. I came across your site via Chris Panas. Anyways, I really like your stuff. Super clean and simple. Nice. Hope all is well.

Jonathan.

ps – 2009 was a shitty year for me too!

That hurts.

All the same, if that was the worst day of your life, you’re doing extremely well, Zack. Remember that, always.

@Matt, it was probably the hardest decisions I had to make. Just thinking about how I would be perceived after that: weak, inexperienced, foolish, stupid. And whether or not people actually looked at me like that didn’t really matter, it’s how I looked at myself after the whole situation.

Being at a place where everyone is extremely talented (srsly, someone built this the other day), it was really devastating. I was already feeling insecure and now more so. I still struggle with that insecurity now.

The most I can do is do a good job, learn as much as I can and apply that knowledge.

There are so many conflicting issues with biting the bullet and admitting you need help, you wonder if you have failed in someway, how will people look at you again knowing this? As you probably have learned that all this worry is for nothing, you did the right thing because your pride can recover. Seeing people fail is not something that I revel in and no matter how stubborn people can be it pays to let others lend a helping hand whens its needed.

*claps hands* you are a better man now x

BTW you could have asked me. Google Maps and I went to kindergarten together. :)

The fact that you are brave enough to write about something this embarrassing (that has happened to all of us, I should add) instead of just another “…I laughed, I cried, but in the end my supreme skills and work ethic won the day” story, shows what a dedicated professional you really are.