David found himself stuck in a dead-end job at the end of a long career at one company, and he was ready to quit. His boss was a disaster, the work wasn’t adding any value to his résumé or his day, and he was unhappy. David went for broke. He had a meeting with his boss and his boss’s boss (quite a no-no) and calmly explained his problem. He said that he figured he’d end up quitting, but he liked the company so much he wanted to propose an alternative. So he did.
