Here's What a Small-Minded, Small Time Web development operator will tell you...

When you tell him you'd like to find programmers to help you because you're interested in starting your own dot com business in the tradition of streaming video sites like YouTube, but you leave out the small detail you're the guy who BUILT most of YouTube's functionality....singlehandedly, by being a pioneer engineer.

“Are you living in a FANTASY world or something?? Your idea sounds like a guaranteed failure. It would never work. How many people do you think would be INTO your website business idea anyway. I can assure you, in terms of video uploading, you’re nowhere near their league. Besides, I can tell just by talking to you you’d never be able to afford the monthly costs of maintaining anything at THAT level…”

This was what an operator at a “programmers for hire” site told me when I told him I wanted to start my own website business, but left out its because the one I already built refused to pay me any money or royalties for my "free labor".

What I didn’t tell him was that I’m the guy who was the first person to upload copyrighted material to YouTube. WHAT other websites are doing what I want to do?? Oh, you mean the ones, or should I say the ONE I BUILT MYSELF?

Pretty frustrating…What a schmuck.

I hate being NOT RECOGNIZED. Can't a guy catch a break.