If the OP is an unreliable narrator, then you shouldn't assume the guy isn't a snake, either.
I have seen the case you're wary of: a technical, but poorly communicating, employee that resents the success of a well-meaning, less technical but better communicating coworker.
I have seen good people like that, and I have seen snakes that pull the "we/I" as in the OP's story.
I have seen the case you're wary of: a technical, but poorly communicating, employee that resents the success of a well-meaning, less technical but better communicating coworker.
I have seen good people like that, and I have seen snakes that pull the "we/I" as in the OP's story.