>>1they agreed to pay him $5 million, with a catch- he had to work a 9-5 at the company to 'support' the driver for 5 years [...] He wrote the driver in a weekend [...] No one ever had a support issue with his driver.
To me, this is the most incredible thing. Surely those responsible for drawing up the contract must have considered the possibility that this man's services would not be needed on a regular basis for the whole of that time. Would it not have been enough to require he remain available to provide support during regular working hours for the duration of his contract?
This sounds a blood price was demanded to assuage some narcissistic corporate director. Sadly there is no shortage of those.