Fifteen years ago, I entered the Boston Globe, which was a temple to me then. It wasn't easy getting hired. But once you were there, I found, you were in. 

Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement. For 15 years I had prospered there--moving from an ordinary reporter to senior editor. I would have a lifetime of security if I stuck with it. Instead, I had made a decision to leave. I entered my boss's office. Would he be angry? I wondered. He had a famous temper. "Matt, we have to have a talk," I began. "I came to the Globe when I was twenty-four. Now I' m forty. There' s a lot I want to do in life. I'm resigning. " "To another paper?" he asked. I reached into my coat pocket, but didn't say anything. I handed him a letter that explained everything. It said that I was leaving to start a new media company. We were at a rare turning point in history. I wanted to be directly engaged in the change. "I' m glad for you," he said, quite out of my expectation. "I just came from a board of directors meeting and it was seventy-five percent discouraging news. Some of that we can deal with. But much of it we can' t," he went on. "I wish you all the luck in the world," he concluded. "And if it doesn't work out, remember, there is always a place here for you." 

Then I went out of his office, walking through the newsroom for more good-byes. Everybody was saying congratulations. Everybody--even though I'd be risking all the financial security I had carefully built up. 

Later, I had a final talk with Bill Taylor, chairman and publisher of the Boston Globe. He had turned the Globe into a billion-dollar property. "I' m resigning, Bill," I said. He listened while I gave him the story. He wasn't looking angry either. After a pause, he said, "Golly, I wish I were in your shoes. "
Was it easy to get a job at the paper?
Which paper was it?
Did people stay with the job long?
How long ago did the person get hired?
Were promotions unheard of?
Was the person planning on asking the boss for a raise?
What was the talk that needed to be had with the boss?
Why?
What is he going to start?
In what?
Was the boss upset?
How did he feel?
How old was he when he took the job at the paper?
Where had the boss been before metting with him?
Was he told never to return?
Who else did he speak with before leaving?
What does he do?
What did he tell Bill?
How did Bill respond?
How much of the news from the meeting was upsetting for Matt?
no
 It wasn't easy
Boston Globe
Boston Globe
Yes
Globe jobs were for life-guaranteed until retirement.
Fifteen years
Fifteen years ago
no
n ordinary reporter to senior editor
No
I had made a decision to leave
He was leaving
I had made a decision to leave
There' s a lot he wants to do
There' s a lot I want to do in life
start a new company
leaving to start a new media company
media
new media company
no
I' m glad for you," he said
He was glad
I' m glad for you,
24
 I was twenty-four
board of directors meeting
I just came from a board of directors meeting 
no
there is always a place here for you."
Bill Taylor
Bill Taylor
chairman
chairman and publisher
I' m resigning
I' m resigning,
Golly, I wish I were in your shoes. "
Golly, I wish I were in your shoes. "
seventy-five percent
seventy-five percent