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I was a department manager pulling in a million a year. Then they kicked me down to an admin gig paying 30 grand. My fiancée, a vice president in the company, looked down at me. "Richard, you should be grateful." I looked at her and the new manager standing next to her, and I smiled. When I signed the resignation papers, no one realized the countdown to a hundred-billion-dollar market cap wipeout had already begun. Three days later, my phone was ringing off the hook. Everyone on the board was desperately trying to reach me.