Reminds me of something that happened at the small business I used to work for. The business was family owned. This one guy was an employee from the beginning

Reminds me of something that happened at the small business I used to work for. The business was family owned. This one guy was an employee from the beginning of the company and was a top notch engineer. The company wanted him in on all technical negotiations and trusted him enough to sign contracts. But some of the companies that we were working with absolutely wouldn't talk to anybody below the level of vice president. So they made him VP of Engineering.