Your link, presented without context, does not constitute and argument or a relevant point.

I'm not defending my argument, because you haven't provided any opposition against which to defend. You made a really stupid reference to a completely unrelated topic because that's what you think qualifies as discourse. Because you're an idiot.

Most people would have to dig deep to come up with a comment that stupid, and yet it comes so easy to you.

It's common knowledge that Treehouse employees are not authorized to talk to the media about any of the company's workings without express permission from the company. This is a fact that's been reported on this very site multiple times.

He spoke candidly about the decision-making process involved in game localization, and his comments pissed off a bunch of Nintendo fans. That's exactly the sort of reaction companies are trying to avoid when they write up these kinds of rules in their employment contracts. This is pretty much a textbook example of…

There’s nothing unreasonable or immoral about not allowing employees who are not authorized or qualified to make public statements regarding the decision-making processes that go on as part of your business operations. To imply otherwise is absurd.

Did you not read the article? Specifically the part about his explanation of their localization decision-making process and how it pissed off a bunch of Nintendo fans? You don't let your employees make unofficial public statement for exactly that reason, which is why companies put these kinds of rules in place. Rules…

Judging from his reaction even prior to Nintendo finding out it seems pretty clear that he knew he was breaking the rules. Why else would he have gotten so nervous once the podcast started getting attention? If he didn’t think he’d done anything wrong he wouldn’t have had anything to worry about.

Doesn't really matter. By identifying himself as an employee and talking about internal decision-making processes he was representing the company publicly: a role he was not authorized to perform. That's a fireable offense anywhere I've ever worked.

There is nothing immoral about protecting the image of your company from employees who are not authorized or qualified to speak on the company's behalf. That you would even suggest such a thing is ludicrous.

Whether it’s a violation of his NDA or Nintendo’s media policy, he was still clearly aware of the rules, chose to break them, and deserves no sympathy for having done so. The end result is the same: he knew the rules and broke them willingly.

He clearly knew he was breaking the rules, or he would have had no reason to start getting nervous before Nintendo found out. He can't claim ignorance here. He's already tipped his hand in that regard.

It doesn't matter. He wasn't authorized to speak for the company in any public capacity, but he did anyway. He knew he was s breaking the rules. There's nothing here to feel sorry for.

Right, but the terms of one’s employment contract generally specify no breaking of any NDA agreements you may have with the company, and it's widely known that Treehouse employees are subject to a strict NDA agreement.

No, but it's common knowledge (as in, it's been reported several times on this very website) that Treehouse employees sign a strict NDA when joining the team. And you can tell from his own words that he knew he was breaking the rules when he talked (or he wouldn't have gotten so nervous about the attention he was…

You don’t think his contract made it clear that violating the NDA was grounds for termination? He knew he was breaking the rules and he chose to do it anyway. No pity for self-inflicted wounds.

Incidentally, there is nothing in this decision making process that I, not working in the gaming industry myself, would not have expected.

Small developers still have NDAs. In fact, they need them all the more because all their eggs tend to be in very few baskets.

Doesn't matter how explosive the information was. It was information he wasn't at liberty to share, and he knew it, as is evidenced by his growing anxiety about the attention he was getting even before Nintendo found out about it. He knew what he did was against the rules, and he chose to do it anyway. No sympathy for…

Then don’t ever seek a job with any tech company (or really any large company) because if you make any statements to the press while identifying yourself as an employee (and therefore a representative) of the company without their express permission, then you will almost certainly be fired.