The moments people walked over him. The subtle dismissals in meetings. The way clients talked to him like they knew his job better than he did. The sleepless nights he spent patching together last-minute pitch decks while others sent emoji reactions from their phones.
It was the moment last week when he sat across from his boss, going over the quarterly numbers, and heard the phrase: “We just need you to push harder.” Harder? What did they think he was doing now? Napping between deadlines?