I’d tried everything—engaging him, ignoring him, fighting him, soothing his ego—but now the project was done. My team had worked nonstop for ten months. So I asked for what was promised—the title I should have already had. “When do I get VP?” And he said, “Let’s wait a year. These things take time. No one gets promoted that fast.” He knew damn well that I deserved a higher title from the start, that he’d stiffed me on the way in
