There's an interesting phenomenon worth pondering: a certain exchange or project team didn't approach you for promotion, but instead collaborated with someone around you. At this point, it might be time to honestly ask yourself—are there areas where you're lacking, or have you inadvertently offended someone?

It might be a coincidence once, but if it happens repeatedly, it's a different story. To be clear, this often reflects a problem: your analysis approach, your judgment criteria, your understanding of the market—these are actually just your own ideas. And the project's choice, to some extent, is a "feedback evaluation" of these ideas. Instead of obsessing over why you were passed over, it's better to think about how to make your viewpoints more convincing and more aligned with market realities.