During that time period, there was an escalation ... and I ended up with a black eye. He was agitated and more antagonistic because I was so excited by my work at Microsoft.

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So he creates this conflict where I am really trying for safety reasons to placate (him), and at the same time, I am trying as a contractor to go full time. The most pressure goes on when you are doing great things in the workplace.

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It's pretty subtle ... that burden of anxiety off my back. I can focus, I am definitely more creative and I have a space of support around me, whereas before I would just have this adversarial claw on my back.

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