Ethan told himself it didn’t matter. He got his paycheck, his quiet corner, and the satisfaction of seeing his models actually work. Recognition was overrated anyway, he thought. But that was until the day Brad took his biggest project and turned it into his personal stepping stone. That changed everything.
It started with the Henderson account—a billion-dollar client teetering on renewal. Ethan spent three nights in the office, running simulations, building forecasts, and formatting slides so persuasive they could make finance weep. He even skipped his sister’s birthday. When he was done, Brad called it “our deck.”