A cloud architect fired up Redditors when she revealed that she humiliated her boyfriend after he bragged that he could take her job. Turns out, she has nothing to worry about. Here is the full story.
She’s High-Tech
OP is a 28-year-old woman who works as a cloud architect.
She’s the Breadwinner
OP met her boyfriend at the company where they both worked, though she has since moved to another firm.
He works in tech sales and makes about two-thirds of her salary.
He Took a Hit
That difference in salary became a sore point for the couple after OP had his sales commissions cut.
It wasn’t just him, either.
They Oversold Themselves
The company where OP’s boyfriend works ran into a string of unhappy customers after several of the salespeople made contracts that were tough to fulfill.
They Got Punished
So the company cut commissions to discourage OP and his colleagues from closing a deal no matter what.
And the money they saved went to boost the salaries of pre-sales engineers.
They Know Their Stuff
Since she works in tech, OP is pretty familiar with pre-sales engineers.
She knows that they usually have 5 or more years of software development experience plus all sorts of specialized training.
He Thinks They’re Fluff
But OP’s boyfriend doesn’t see it that way.
He thinks the pre-sales engineers don’t have much tech knowledge and spend all their time giving PowerPoint presentations.
He Could Take Their Jobs
OP’s boyfriend has even told her several times that he could take the pre-sales engineers’ jobs away from them in the blink of an eye.
He’s Attacking Her
That really irks OP because she knows her boyfriend doesn’t have any sort of tech background.
She feels personally attacked because she has less experience than most of the pre-sales engineers she knows.
He Can’t Cut It
And OP also knows there’s no way her boyfriend could do her job!
She’d Had Enough
Finally, after yet another tirade against the engineers, OP decided to challenge her boyfriend.
It Would Be a Piece of Cake
OP told her boyfriend that, since he could have any tech job he wanted, he should have no trouble passing a junior technical interview.
He Was Confident
OP’s boyfriend thought that was a swell idea and said they should make it a bet. The loser would buy dinner for the two of them.
She Stumped Him
So OP went out and found 10 very basic tech interview questions. Her boyfriend couldn’t answer a single one.
He Didn’t Know Anything
There was even one question related to the products that OP’s boyfriend sells, and he couldn’t answer that one, either!
He Had a Beef
The whole exercise made OP’s boyfriend frustrated and angry, and he argued with her about every question. But Google always proved him wrong.
He Wouldn’t Pay Up
In the end, OP’s boyfriend pouted at her for a while and refused to pay for dinner, even though he lost their bet.
She Outed Him
A few days later, one of the boyfriend’s buddies came over to their apartment.
OP told him about the bet because he had heard the boyfriend’s gripes about engineers, too.
They Laughed at Him
OP and her boyfriend’s friend had a good laugh at his expense.
Redditors are somewhat mixed on this story. Most of them think the boyfriend’s attitude stinks and that it was pretty rotten for him to back out on their bet.
But some also say there was really no reason for OP to humiliate her boyfriend in front of his friend.
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