As much as I admire John Carmack's bootstrapped success (and on this axis the guy is just awesome), given how he handled the poor health of his cat, I don't think I'd ever work with or for him. It just doesn't sit right with me.
Here's what really puzzles me. John Carmack was a legend by the time of the Mitzi incident. Instead of dumping the poor creature at the animal shelter like he did, he could have auctioned off "John Carmack's frickin' cat" to his legion of admirers, giving it a new home.
Or he could have taken it to a vet and probably found out it had bladder stones which could have been removed by a ~$1,000 procedure, but I digress.
And that I think is part of why I'm not rich like he is...
