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It was a very interesting day| my first day 
at Cisco

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I came in...

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and I didn't have an office.

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They were growing out of control

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400 people there

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And so the put me learning at the telephone 
closet.

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Back-to-the-back can hear the clicks going 
on.

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And while we had tremendously talented  leaders 
at Cisco at that time

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The leaders didn't like each other. [BACKGROUND 
NOISE]

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And it became obvious to me  at the first 
day

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that leaders didn't like each other very 
much

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It became obvious that probably several

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wouldn't want to stay in Cisco very long.

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And then I'm sitting in this telephone... 
booth, literally almost

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and I'm hearing the numbers switch through 
the exchange

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and I'm thinking to myself: "I've made a 
mistake"

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[BACKGROUND LAUGH]