The night before — Sunday, March 3rd — I sent out an email at 11:47 PM. It was addressed to James. It was CC'd to HR. It was also CC'd — and this is the part that made James lose his mind when he saw it — to the six resignation letters my direct reports had authored, which were attached to the email as a single PDF. The body of the email said: "James. As of tomorrow, I am resigning from my position. Effective immediately. My six direct reports are also resigning, effective immediately.

Their letters are attached. We have not coordinated this out of malice — we have coordinated this because the working conditions under Ethan Davenport have made it impossible for any of us to continue, and because leaving separately would have delayed the inevitable departure of the rest of the team over the next six months. I have genuinely loved working here. I wish you well." I went to bed at midnight. I slept, for the first time in two months, all the way through the night.