Quit a $70k job after my boss said 'you're not a real engineer' in front of the whole team

Grant Cooper · 2026-09-25T05:05:03.281381+00:00

I sat there for 3 seconds and realized he was right, I was a paper pusher who hadn't touched a soldering iron in 2 years. Am I the jerk for walking out that day, or should I have stayed and fought for the title?

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