I was working with a buddy on a “startup” that was more of a hobby than anything (and didn’t go anywhere). The early prototypes were controlled by Arduino and Pis early on – ease of software development was key as we experimented with and dialed in the hardware. The later prototypes used an ESP32 though, because we’re aren’t idiots.
I’m a hobbyist at best: it kills me that there are well paid “professional embedded software engineers” out there that can’t work with actual embedded hardware. All I could think of was this article on electrical engineers that can’t solder. The complete lack of real world, hands on experience with the hardware blows my mind.
I wouldn’t go that far, but he does make great indie music
The trick is not engaging him in a way he wants you to. Laughing at how ridiculous he is and blowing him off are fine. Making fun on him in a way that gets across you don’t take him seriously is also ok.
He doesn’t deserve interactions with anyone/anything that legitimizes him, but casual mocking is a good thing. Treat him like like the clown he is so others start seeing him as such.
They almost certainly have in house legal teams and those lawyers are salaried.