While I respect Aaron's decision, I think Jason just wants to point out we have lost the Scott Cook, Jeff Bezos, Steve Jobs of our generation because of this deal. 10 years later, will you still remember a general manager inside Intuit? Or will someone write a book about a general manager inside a corporation? We will forget about him very soon. In Jim Collins' words, leading entrepreneurs defined success on a very big scale. Their ambitions are huge. I don't think Aaron has done anything wrong. But as a young entrepreneur, we just lost someone who we can look up to.
Also, Steve Jobs returned to Apple to be CEO but not a general manager of a department.
Give you another point of view here. CEO of Redfin also agrees with what Jason Fried said. See the link below:
http://blog.redfin.com/blog/2009/10/honey_i_shrunk_the_start...