Fire Me, You’ll Regret It

A programmer spent two years building a multi-million-level data analysis platform, only to have his team leader Cole take full credit for it. He was then laid off on the grounds that he was “easily replaceable”. He left calmly, having embedded exclusive dynamic validation rules in the system that no one else could understand. When the original company fell into chaos, he was headhunted by the client with an astronomical salary, staging a strong comeback and getting his revenge.