[bobbonew]

I was in a situation similar to yours in 2012. I had worked for a small business programming and social media marketing firm. It was only the owner and myself working in the business – as well as subcontractors.

It was spoken about between the owner and I for years how we would grow the business and I would eventually become a partner.

We started at 32,000 a year, moved up to 70,000 a year, and moved up to $120,000 a year. When it was time to decide to take a contract worth several hundred thousand dollars… The owner decided not to because she didn’t want to grow the business that large.

I felt as though I wasted three years of my life working for a company that had no intention of actually really furthering my career -and my livelihood.

The following month I quit and left for another business. It sucked. The whole entire process. Leaving and explaining why.

My advice is to move on and try not to focus too much on it. You did as best as you could.