Andrew Ting wasn’t expecting this reaction. Not for a silly April Fools’ Day announcement about his (fake) decision to leave his general counsel position at fintech firm Koalafi and follow his dream of being a “metaverse NFT curator” for a fictitious startup called Didgeridoo.

“As my negotiated condition of employment, I will have absolutely zero role in managing Didgeridoo’s legal, compliance, or government affairs,” he wrote on LinkedIn. “My last 20 years of studying and practicing law were mostly awesome, but why not throw it all away and do something completely new?”