Flaagan dont give up man, shit happens. I mean I got a call from one of the best companies in my country to work for them but guess what i already was moving to UK at that time and since that time I havent been able to secure a job in any CG industry either games or full high end Vray CG stuff. Still havent given up on it.
Yeh man, it stank of fake reasoning to me, and if you heard from others that this is the case, that's a good thing! Pity that you lost someone you look up to, but hey; no need to take it to the extent that you leave the industry. There's a fair few dicks in CG but lots of awesome people too. :)