1. Asian country, enterprise project. Pitched a deal to someone middle management. They didn't like it. All kinds of bullshit reasoning. Boss made some changes, pitched again, and the deal succeeded. Boss later told me that the system we proposed is too efficient. If it's too efficient, staff can't ask for bribes to speed it up. In America, I guess they would just upsell it as a "fast lane".
2. Worked on a million+ dollar project. Very small team. Found out it was something undermining democracy. Not illegal, but let's say it violates privacy. Killer moment was talking to someone on the project who was brought in to destroy all evidence in case we failed.
3. Talked to a "consultant" who was giving us information on a certain project. He stopped contacting us after a while, saying that his iPhone broke. Told my boss. Boss said, "You're so naive. He wants an iPhone as a bribe."
2. Worked on a million+ dollar project. Very small team. Found out it was something undermining democracy. Not illegal, but let's say it violates privacy. Killer moment was talking to someone on the project who was brought in to destroy all evidence in case we failed.
3. Talked to a "consultant" who was giving us information on a certain project. He stopped contacting us after a while, saying that his iPhone broke. Told my boss. Boss said, "You're so naive. He wants an iPhone as a bribe."