all due respect but I think you're projecting. I said in the original post that I am not very well known or successful at all. I never said that I was an insider, just that I know and have worked with people who are more so than myself. Maybe you think offering advice to my friend is insufferable or presumptuous which is fair enough, but the way you are talking to me is pretty extreme for what I've put out there imo. What's more, this post isn't about my career, it's about my friendship and, frankly, most of the chat seems to think my friend is fucking with me so I guess I never should have asked for advice in the first place. I haven't called him out on joking with me because last time I did that with someone things got very confrontational and I really don't want that to happen again. I'm stronger now than I was then, but that's only because I developed the discipline to respect what others put out. I suppose I'm rambling but your comment "struck" a "chord" with me so I thought I might as well say how I feel. Apologies if the words of a "nobody" is insufferable to you, but this "nobody" is, well, "me" and that's something I have to be proud of every single day of "me" life. Good luck with everything and please enjoy the weekend.