Wow. You had me thinking, "If you had a bad experience at Apple, I should look you up and invite you to interview here where I work."
Right up until the part where you walked out without trying to talk to your boss, your boss's boss, or your contracting company.
Whether you leave should be a reflection on the work environment. How you leave should be a reflection on you. Better luck next time - perhaps something less corporate?
That's probably because they read the whole article. In my opinion, walking out on a job without giving notice denotes a lack of judgement. So immediately I wonder if those "insults" from the boss really were insults.
He also complained about the commute and the long hours, but he knew about those and agreed to them before taking the job.
Finally, he makes no mention of trying to speak with HR or the agency that got him the job to resolve the problem. In fact he makes no mention of trying to resolve the problem. Granted he was contract and claimed those who were on contract and rocked the boat faced reprisals, but if you get to the point where you are ready to quit, who cares? try and make it better and if it gets worse, leave like you were going to do anyway.
You control what you can control, and there are professional ways to deal with conflict in the workplace. Ragequitting is what you do on IRC. When you're 14.
I mean, he should have ensured an orderly handoff of his projects and maybe sotto voce talked to his agency about the possibility of an internal reassignment, but yeah, in that situation if those hadn't worked, giving your "2 weeks" and being walked out immediately is totally reasonable. (These contracts usually contain no notice provision).
Right up until the part where you walked out without trying to talk to your boss, your boss's boss, or your contracting company.
Whether you leave should be a reflection on the work environment. How you leave should be a reflection on you. Better luck next time - perhaps something less corporate?