You didn't just learn that tonight did you?
Funny thing was, I never tried to be competitive in that job. The projects I worked on that were so high profile were dumped in my lap when I didn't necesarily want them. I got the first one because no one else wanted it and I figured I might as well volunteer for it because I'd been getting all the crap jobs from that woman anyway. Turned into a high profile thing - but she had no idea it would happen that way. That was the project for which I was nominated by outside parties for the state award.
The second high profile project came about 5 years later and I fought tooth and nail NOT to be put on that one because it took me away from home way too much. It is the project which finally provoked me into quitting that company. They didn't see a problem with telling me I should spend every other week out of town. Myranda was 13 when I started that project. There were other people without children who were totally qualified, had no kids to worry about and WANTED the project. I worked on it for a while... but was always having to leave Myranda with a babysitter for a week at a time. It was just wrong. So, I quit.
Ain't that the truth! :)