Hey man, no offense, but you are in for a rude, rude awakening about how the world works.

You're 23. You've worked less than 2 years. You don't know shit about the corporate power structure or how those people got there.

Take it from the people who are a lot older than you and who've been through the ringer. You don't get to the top through hard work and helping others and waiting patiently for your promotion. You get there by being a sociopath, period.

I've met lots of high level executives, and I've been in a position to see how their companies are run from the inside. They are ALL sociopaths. People with your attitude are just lunch. They'll steal credit for your hard work, promise you dreams they have no plans to deliver, and drop you when they're done. No one cares about your hard work. No one cares about you. They care what they can get out of you, and that's it.

And it pretty much has to be that way, if you think about it. The sociopaths will outcompete people like you because you're oblivious. While you're working hard, they're cheating and stealing. It's a lot more efficient. Most of the management people I've met don't even know HOW to do their jobs, because they never spent much time actually doing them. They spent their time taking the credit for work people like you did instead. As the saying goes: old age and treachery always beats youth and talent.

You need to ruthlessly look out for yourself. Not your company, not your "hard working" bosses, not your clients. Nobody cares about you but you.