This chapter recounts a personal narrative from a tech industry veteran, detailing their upbringing in West Virginia and initial experiences at IBM. It explores their pivotal transition to Cisco, emphasizing the importance of networking and adaptability in overcoming career challenges. The speaker reflects on company culture, innovation, and strategic growth within the evolving landscape of technology.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on John Chambers, former chief executive of Cisco, to talk about artificial intelligence (4:30), why booms are necessary (8:00), coming to Silicon Valley (12:15), Cisco (14:15), buying 180 companies (19:00), the dotcom bust (23:00), how the old startups have grown up (29:15), whether founder shares are a good thing (31:00), still working at 75 (34:00), competition (35:40), why he has bet on the startup Humane (40:45), spending his own money (45:00), how AI will change everything (48:15), and his worst day (53:15).
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