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FIRED BY TEXT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLACK-TIE SEATTLE GALA AFTER 11 YEARS OF LOYALTY, I QUIETLY HANDED MY PHONE TO THE CEO OF OUR BIGGEST CLIENT—HE READ MY BOSS’S MESSAGE TWICE, SET DOWN HIS GLASS, AND SAID, “HE ACTUALLY SENT THIS TO YOU?”
December in Seattle had a way of making a person feel smaller than whatever they were about to face. Rain coated the downtown streets in silver, turning headlights into long…