Yeah, here is the kicker, when I drew up the architectural diagrams, I showed the CEO and the Technical Director (who at the time was more the server admin type

Yeah, here is the kicker, when I drew up the architectural diagrams, I showed the CEO and the Technical Director (who at the time was more the server admin type, that why I was brought in) and the CEO asked the Director "All of the other teams told us this could not be done, do you think this will work", to which the director replied "All of the other teams failed, so why should we believe a word they said". Then the CEO said to me, if you are so sure of it, why don't you forgo your salary and bonus for the year and I will just pay you a cut per booking. I was really new at the company and did not know their volume, so I declined, with the offer of if it does not work you can fire me and keep the pay for the time I spent on it. That is one of the biggest regrets of my carrer. I got my pay day though when we exited, so I can't complain.